Prohibiting Automated Traffic Enforcement Act of 2015

Prohibiting Automated Traffic Enforcement Act of 2015

This bill prohibits a state or local government authority from using an automated traffic enforcement system for law enforcement purposes, except in a school zone or construction zone.

[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 950 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 950

 To amend title 23, United States Code, to prohibit automated traffic 
                  enforcement, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 12, 2015

Mr. Perlmutter introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
             Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 23, United States Code, to prohibit automated traffic 
                  enforcement, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Prohibiting Automated Traffic 
Enforcement Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. AUTOMATED TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT PROHIBITION.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 3 of title 23, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 330. Automated traffic enforcement prohibition
    ``(a) Prohibition.--Except as provided in subsection (b), a covered 
entity may not utilize an automated traffic enforcement system for 
purposes of law enforcement.
    ``(b) Exceptions.--The prohibition under subsection (a) does not 
apply to the following:
            ``(1) A school zone.
            ``(2) A construction zone.
    ``(c) Definitions.--In this section, the following definitions 
apply:
            ``(1) Automated traffic enforcement system.--The term 
        `automated traffic enforcement system' has the meaning given 
        that term in section 402(c)(4)(B) of this title.
            ``(2) Construction zone.--The term `construction zone' 
        means any segment of roadway open to traffic and immediately 
        adjacent to land on which repair, maintenance, construction or 
        related work is being conducted.
            ``(3) Covered entity.--The term `covered entity' means each 
        of the following:
                    ``(A) A State.
                    ``(B) A local governmental authority.
            ``(4) Local governmental authority.--The term `local 
        governmental authority' has the meaning given that term in 
        section 5302 of title 49.
            ``(5) School zone.--The term `school zone' means any 
        segment of roadway that is not more than 300 feet from the 
        property of a school.
            ``(6) State.--The term `State' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 5302 of title 49.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The analysis for such chapter is amended 
by adding at the end the following:

``330. Automated traffic enforcement prohibition.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date that is 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
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