Bill > H2722

This bill authorizes cities and towns in Massachusetts to install and operate digital video school bus violation detection monitoring systems to enforce violations against drivers who fail to stop for school buses when required. The key provisions include: - Allowing cities and towns to install and operate these monitoring systems on school buses to detect when drivers fail to stop for school buses that are stopped to allow students to board or disembark. - Defining the requirements for these monitoring systems, including producing evidence files with video and photographic images of the violation. - Establishing the procedures for issuing citations to the registered owners of vehicles that are caught on camera violating the law, including allowing owners to contest the citation. - Allowing for the imposition of additional penalties if the citation is not paid within 45 days. - Requiring the destruction of video and photographic evidence that does not identify a violation within a certain timeframe. - Requiring annual reporting to the state on the use and operation of these monitoring systems. The overall goal 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/190/H2722