4/24/07-The Senate Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee voted to table a bill that would have allowed cities and counties to continue to use automated cameras at intersections, but with new restrictions on them. The House previously approved it after removing a requirement to prohibit localities from using the technology to ticket drivers.
Sponsored by Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Cassville, HB77 would have mandated that 75 percent of the profit local governments would otherwise make from violators be directed to the state's general fund for trauma care.
The bill also would have prohibited local governments from decreasing the duration of traffic lights' amber time. In addition, it would have required traffic engineering studies before cameras are posted.
4/4/07-The House voted 110-60 to approve a revised bill that would allow cities and counties to continue to use automated cameras at intersections, but put new restrictions on them.
Sponsored by Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Cassville, HB77 would mandate that 75 percent of the profit local governments would otherwise make from violators be directed to the state's general fund for trauma care.
The bill also would prohibit local governments from decreasing the duration of traffic lights' amber time. It also would require traffic engineering studies before cameras are posted.
As introduced, Loudermilk's bill sought to repeal the six-year-old Georgia law relating to traffic signal monitoring devices. The more than 20 cities and counties across the state that have since posted the cameras would have been required to take them down.
The bill is awaiting consideration in the Senate Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee.
For bill status, call (404) 656-5015.
2/8/07-A bill in the House Motor Vehicles Committee would strip away cities and counties ability to use automated cameras to ticket drivers.
The cameras snap pictures of red-light runners or speeders' vehicle tags. A ticket for as much as $70 is mailed to the vehicles' owners, regardless who was driving at the time.
Sponsored by Rep. Bobby Franklin, R-Marietta, HB77 would repeal a six-year-old Georgia law relating to traffic signal monitoring devices. The more than 20 cities and counties across the state that have since posted the cameras would be required to take them down.
For House bill status, call (404) 656-5015.
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