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