Bill > H3607

This bill authorizes the installation and operation of digital video violation detection monitoring systems on school buses to detect drivers who fail to stop for school buses when required. The key provisions include: - Allowing cities and towns to install and operate live digital video school bus violation detection monitoring systems to enforce violations against owners of vehicles that fail to stop for a school bus. - Defining the technical requirements for these systems, including producing evidence files with video, images, and details about the violation. - Establishing a civil penalty process for violations, where the registered owner of the vehicle is primarily responsible, with options to transfer liability to the actual operator or contest the violation. - Providing for the storage and destruction of recorded video and photographic evidence from the systems. - Requiring annual reporting on the use and operation of the monitoring systems. The overall intent is to improve the safety of children getting on and off school buses by deterring drivers from illegally passing stopped school buses.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H3607