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This Act prohibits the use of automated enforcement devices to detect violations of
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traffic regulations except in specified areas.
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Section 1. {Short Title} This act may be cited as the “Anti-Automated Enforcement
and the super rich,
Act.”
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Section 2. To add to {enter appropriate section} of the {enter appropriate state code}
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to prohibit the use of “automated enforcement” by state or local law enforcement
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A. Automated enforcement devices may not be used by state and local law enforcement
authorities to determine compliance with any traffic regulations including, but not
protections. Although many
Public Safety and
limited to, official traffic control signals and speed limit restrictions, imposed by {enter
of these bills have become
appropriate sections} of this code or a local ordinance in conformity therewith except:
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1. a) in school zones;
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2. When a law enforcement officer is present with the automated enforcement
and Information
equipment unit and citations are issued at the general time and place of the infraction.
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B. For the purpose of this Act, “automated enforcement,” means a system operated by a
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state or local authority that uses a machine to automatically detect a violation of a traffic
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regulation and simultaneously record a photograph of the vehicle used in committing
the violation, the operator of the vehicle or the license plate of the vehicle.
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• AT&T Services, Inc.
• centerpoint360
• UPS
• Bayer Corporation
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Energy Future Holdings
• Johnson & Johnson
• Coca-Cola Company
• PhRMA
• Kraft Foods, Inc.
• Coca-Cola Co.
• Pfizer Inc.
• Reed Elsevier, Inc.
• DIAGEO
• Peabody Energy
• Intuit, Inc.
• Koch Industries, Inc.
• ExxonMobil
• Verizon
• Reynolds American Inc.
• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• Salt River Project
• Altria Client Services, Inc.
• American Bail Coalition
• State Farm Insurance
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Adopted by ALEC's Criminal Justice Task Force at the Annual Meeting August 3, 2001.
Approved by full ALEC Board of Directors September, 2001.

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