Speed monitoring systems; local ordinances.

Speed monitoring systems; local ordinances.Provides that a locality may, by ordinance, establish a speed enforcementprogram utilizing an automated speed monitoring system that createsrecorded images of vehicles traveling at least 10 miles per hour inexcess of the maximum applicable speed limit. The penalty imposedfor violating applicable speed limits where such violation is establishedby recorded images produced by a speed monitoring system cannot exceed$50. The bill provides that a locality may install and operate a speedmonitoring system only at residence districts, school crossing zones,and highway work zones. The procedures for operating a speed monitoringsystem and issuing summonses to violators and the rights of such violators,including the right to appeal to circuit court, parallel those currentlyin place for red light violations recorded by photo-monitoring systemsat traffic lights. This bill was incorporated into HB 1442.