Automated traffic enforcement systems.

Existing law authorizes the limit line, intersection, or other places where a driver is required to stop to be equipped with an automated traffic enforcement system if the governmental agency utilizing the system meets certain requirements, including, among other things, that the system is visible to traffic approaching from all directions in which the automated traffic enforcement system is being utilized to issue citations. Existing law requires a local jurisdiction utilizing an automated traffic enforcement system to commence a program to issue only warning notices for 30 days before issuing citations. Existing law authorizes only a governmental agency to operate an automated enforcement system. This bill would, until January 1, 2030, authorize a city or city and county to establish an automated traffic enforcement system for a period of 5 years if, among other things, the system meets the criteria specified above. The bill would require a violation of any traffic law that is recorded by an automated traffic enforcement system to be subject only to a civil penalty, and would prohibit the Department of Motor Vehicles from suspending or revoking the privilege of a violator to drive a motor vehicle. The bill would require a notice of violation to be in writing and issued to the registered owner of the vehicle within 15 calendar days of the date of the violation.