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| 3 | 3 | | 2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2023 ASSEMBLY BILL 651 |
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| 5 | 5 | | November 8, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives NOVAK, ARMSTRONG, DITTRICH, |
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| 6 | 6 | | GUNDRUM, KITCHENS and JACOBSON, cosponsored by Senators TOMCZYK, |
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| 7 | 7 | | BALLWEG and SPREITZER. Referred to Committee on Transportation. |
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| 8 | 8 | | ***AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*** |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT to create 349.238 of the statutes; relating to: authorizing cameras in |
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| 10 | 10 | | highway work zones. |
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| 11 | 11 | | Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau |
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| 12 | 12 | | This bill authorizes a county, city, town, or village to install and maintain |
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| 13 | 13 | | cameras in highway work zones for the purpose of capturing video or photographic |
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| 14 | 14 | | evidence of traffic accidents and other violations of the law. Evidence captured by |
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| 15 | 15 | | a camera authorized under the bill may be accessed only by a law enforcement agency |
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| 16 | 16 | | and only if a police report is filed in connection with a traffic accident or other |
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| 17 | 17 | | violation. Evidence captured by a camera authorized under the bill may not |
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| 18 | 18 | | otherwise be used to determine compliance with any state law or local ordinance. |
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| 19 | 19 | | The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do |
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| 20 | 20 | | enact as follows: |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. 349.238 of the statutes is created to read: |
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| 22 | 22 | | 349.238 Authority to install cameras in work zones. (1) A political |
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| 23 | 23 | | subdivision may install and maintain cameras where persons are engaged in work |
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| 24 | 24 | | in a highway maintenance or construction area for the purpose of capturing video or |
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| 25 | 25 | | photographic evidence of traffic accidents and other violations of the law. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 1 ASSEMBLY BILL 651 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) Video and photographic evidence captured by a camera authorized under |
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| 36 | 36 | | this section may be accessed only by a law enforcement agency, as defined in s. 165.83 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) (b), and only if a police report is filed in connection with a traffic accident or other |
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| 38 | 38 | | violation of the law that occurred in the highway maintenance or construction area |
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| 39 | 39 | | where the camera is installed. |
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| 40 | 40 | | (3) Except as provided in sub. (2), no state or local authority may use video or |
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| 41 | 41 | | photographic evidence captured by a camera authorized under this section to |
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| 42 | 42 | | determine compliance with the laws of this state or local ordinances. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (END) |
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