Bill > H3440

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. The key provisions include: - Allowing cities and towns to install and operate these monitoring systems to enforce violations against drivers who fail to stop for a school bus when required. - Defining the requirements for the monitoring systems, such as producing evidence files with video and photographic images, and the procedures for issuing citations. - Establishing that the registered owner of the vehicle is primarily responsible for the violation, with some exceptions. - Outlining the process for contesting the violation, including a hearing before a parking clerk or hearing officer. - Allowing the Registry of Motor Vehicles to suspend the driver's license or vehicle registration of owners with multiple unpaid violations. - Requiring the destruction of video and photographic evidence that does not identify a violation within 30 days, and evidence of a violation within 1 year of final disposition. The overall purpose of the bill is to improve the safety of school children by deterring drivers from illegally passing stopped school buses.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H3440