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2024 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 652
BY REPRESENTATIVE DESHOTEL
TRAFFIC/SPEED LIMITS: Provides relative to automated speed enforcement devices
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 32:43(A)(1), (B), and (C) and 44(A) and to enact R.S. 32:43(D),
3 relative to automated speed enforcement devices; to require that certain automated
4 speed enforcement devices capture a picture of the driver to impose penalties; to
5 provide an effective date; to provide for visible signage; and to provide for related
6 matters.
7Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 32:43(A)(1), (B), and (C) and 44(A) are hereby amended and
9reenacted and R.S. 32:43(D) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
10 §43. Automated speed enforcement devices; prohibition
11 A.(1) Local municipal authorities or local parish authorities shall not install
12 or utilize automated speed enforcement devices to regulate traffic on interstate
13 roadways or state highways within their corporate or territorial limits.
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15 B.(1) Any automated speed enforcement device authorized by a local
16 municipal authority or local parish authority that is not in conflict with the provisions
17 of Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section shall produce photographic evidence of the driver
18 of the vehicle.
19 (2) Effective January 1, 2025, local municipal authorities or local parish
20 authorities shall not impose or collect any civil or criminal fine, fee, or penalty as a
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1 result of an image produced by an automated speed enforcement device in violation
2 of this Section.
3 C. For the purposes of this Section, the term "automated speed enforcement
4 device" means an unmanned or handheld camera or optical device installed to work
5 in conjunction with a traffic control signal or radar speed detection equipment, or
6 both, and designed to collect photographic evidence of alleged traffic violations for
7 the issuance of traffic citations by recording images that depict the license plate or
8 other identifying feature of a motor vehicle not in compliance with instruction of a
9 traffic control signal or posted traffic sign.
10 C. D. Effective January 1, 2015, local municipal authorities or local parish
11 authorities shall not impose or collect any civil or criminal fine, fee, or penalty as a
12 result of an image produced by an automated speed enforcement device in violation
13 of this Section.
14 §44. Required notification for red light cameras and automated speed enforcement
15 devices
16 A. Local municipal authorities or local parish authorities shall post large and
17 visible signs in both directions, indicating that a red light camera or automated speed
18 enforcement device is present, within five hundred feet of each red light camera or
19 automated speed enforcement device, in such a manner as to be clearly visible to
20 traffic approaching the red light camera or automated speed enforcement.
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 652 Engrossed 2024 Regular Session Deshotel
Abstract: Requires that automated speed enforcement devices authorized by a local
municipal authority produce pictures of the driver to impose penalties.
Present law prohibits local municipal authorities from installing or utilizing automated speed
enforcement devices to regulate traffic on interstate roads within their corporate or territorial
limits.
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Proposed law adds state highways to prohibited areas on which local municipalities or local
parish authorities cannot install or utilize automated speed enforcement devices.
Present law excludes highway construction zones, where work is being performed by the
Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) or a private contractor under
contract with the DOTD, where construction workers are present. Exempts local municipal
and parish authorities.
Present law defines "automated speed enforcement device" as an unmanned or handheld
camera or optical device installed to work in conjunction with a traffic control signal or radar
speed detection equipment, or both, and designed to collect photographic evidence of alleged
traffic violations for the issuance of traffic citations by recording images that depict the
license plate or other identifying feature of a motor vehicle not in compliance with
instruction of a traffic control signal or posted traffic sign.
Proposed law allows any automated speed enforcement device authorized by a local
municipal authority or local parish authority that is not in conflict with the provisions of
present law to produce photographic evidence of the driver of the vehicle.
Proposed law specifies that Jan. 1, 2025, local municipal authorities or local parish
authorities cannot impose or collect any civil or criminal fine, fee, or penalty as a result of
an image produced by an automated speed enforcement device in violation of proposed law.
(Amends R.S. 32:43(A)(1), (B), and (C) and 44(A); Adds R.S. 32:43(D))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Transportation,
Highways and Public Works to the original bill:
1. Add state highways to prohibited areas on which local municipalities or local
parish authorities cannot install or utilize automated speed enforcement devices.
2. Make technical changes.
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