Bill > SF3996

This bill establishes a speed safety camera pilot program in Minnesota. Key provisions include: - Allowing the state Department of Transportation, in coordination with the Department of Public Safety, to implement a pilot program for camera-based speed enforcement on trunk highways and certain local roads near schools and work zones. - Defining requirements for speed safety camera systems, including limits on the data they can collect and standards for their use. - Allowing participating authorities to designate speed enforcement agents, who are authorized to issue citations for speeding violations detected by the camera systems. - Establishing a uniform citation and requiring a 30-minute traffic safety course for first-time offenders rather than a fine. - Protecting driver's license records from being impacted by these citations. - Requiring public notification, an independent evaluation, and a legislative report on the pilot program, which is set to expire in 2028. - Appropriating one-time funding from the general fund to the Department of Transportation to implement the pilot program.