Changes Automated Vehicle Identification System Usage

     The bill makes changes to the use of automated vehicle identification systems (AVIS), including:

• Modifying the public notice requirements that the state, a county, a city and county, a municipality, or an agency responsible for placing a new AVIS must provide before utilizing the new AVIS;
• Creating a procedure by which a registered owner of a motor vehicle may prove that they were not the driver of the motor vehicle at the time when a violation was detected by an AVIS and, thereby, under certain circumstances, relieving the registered owner from having to pay the civil penalty associated with the notice of violation;
• Requiring that, if a variable speed limit is in effect or a speed limit is otherwise temporarily lowered due to hazardous weather or other traffic conditions, the state, a county, a city and county, or a municipality may only issue a notice of violation and civil penalty for a speeding violation that exceeds the regular maximum posted speed limit for that location;
• Changing the penalty structure for different levels of speeding violations detected by an AVIS;
• Establishing that the compensation the state, a county, a city and county, or a municipality pays to a manufacturer or vendor of an AVIS must, in addition to other conditions, be a flat monthly rate; and
• Beginning January 1, 2035, increasing the civil penalties associated with notices of violations issued for violations captured by an AVIS.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)