Automated traffic enforcement systems: violations.

(1) Existing law authorizes a governmental agency to equip the limit line, intersection, or other places where a driver is required to stop with an automated traffic enforcement system if the system meets certain requirements, and provides a procedure for criminal adjudication of alleged violations recorded by that system. Existing law establishes that specified convictions and violations under the Vehicle Code and traffic-related incidents count as points against a driver's record for purposes of the suspension or revocation of the privilege to drive and that certain other violations do not result in a violation point. This bill would instead require violations recorded by an automated traffic enforcement system to be cited as civil violations, subject to a civil penalty, administrative process, and appeal in superior court. The bill would exempt certain of those civil violations from the violation point count process. This bill would also provide that if payment of an automated violation penalty is not received as specified on the notice of automated violation, the issuing agency may assess a delinquent fee and must serve a notice of delinquent automated violation. (2) Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to refuse to renew the registration of a vehicle if, among other things, the registered owner or lessee has been mailed a notice of delinquent parking or a notice of toll evasion violation, unless the full amount of all outstanding penalties and administrative fees are paid to the department at the time of application for renewal, except as provided. This bill would similarly require the Department of Motor Vehicles to refuse to renew the registration of a vehicle if the registered owner or lessee has been mailed a notice of automated violation, as specified, unless the full amount of all outstanding automated violation penalties and administrative fees are paid to the department, except as provided. The bill would require the department to include on each vehicle renewal notice, or on an accompanying document, an itemization of unpaid automated penalties, the jurisdiction that issued the notice of automated violation, and the date of the automated violation. The bill would require the department to remit all automated violation penalties and administrative fees collected, except certain fees to cover its costs, to each jurisdiction, as specified.