Section 16-27A-1 Short title; civil enforcement of school bus violations authorized. (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama School Bus Safety Act. (b) Any board may authorize a process of civil enforcement of a school bus violation pursuant to the procedures set out in this chapter. (c) The provisions […]
Section 16-27A-10 Nonpayment of civil fine. (a) No person may be arrested or incarcerated for nonpayment of a civil fine. (b) A governing body may contract with a collection service for the purpose of collecting any unpaid civil fine authorized by this chapter. (Act 2016-166, §10.)
Section 16-27A-11 Construction with other laws. Adoption by a board of the procedures under this chapter and the enforcement of this chapter by a governing body shall not affect current procedure and prosecutions commenced by issuance of a uniform traffic ticket and complaint by a law enforcement officer or otherwise. The issuance of a notice […]
Section 16-27A-12 Cause of action by owner against actual operator. (a) Any person who is held responsible for payment of a civil fine as provided herein, but who was not actually operating the involved vehicle, who timely and properly followed the procedure to transfer responsibility but is ultimately held responsible because of the person’s ownership […]
Section 16-27A-2 Definitions. The following definitions and provisions shall apply to this chapter: (1) AUTOMATED DEVICE. Any camera or recording device that uses a vehicle sensor and camera synchronized to record by photograph or video the rear of a motor vehicle approaching or overtaking a school bus that is stopped for the purpose of receiving […]
Section 16-27A-3 Adoption of automated school bus enforcement program; fines. (a) A board may approve the use of automated devices to detect school bus violations by voting at a meeting of the board to approve the adoption of an automated school bus enforcement program. The school board may elect to operate the program authorized in […]
Section 16-27A-4 Notice of violation; destruction of images and information. (a) After review of the violation by a law enforcement officer or trained technician, the governing body or contractor shall send the owner of a vehicle that has been detected by the device as being involved in a school bus violation a notice of violation […]
Section 16-27A-5 Payment of fines. The owner of a vehicle that has been issued a notice of violation shall be responsible for payment of the civil fine unless the owner successfully transfers responsibility, there is an adjudication that no violation occurred, or there is an otherwise lawful determination that no civil penalty shall be imposed. […]
Section 16-27A-6 Transfer of responsibility for payment of fine. (a) The owner shall not be responsible for payment of the civil fine resulting from a notice of violation if each of the following conditions apply: (1) The vehicle was operated at the time of the violation by a person who was not the owner or […]
Section 16-27A-7 Contesting a notice of violation; adjudication. (a) No person shall be responsible for payment of a civil fine for a notice of violation issued under this chapter if the operator of the vehicle that is the subject of the notice of violation is adjudicated to have not committed a violation or there is […]
Section 16-27A-8 Appeals. Persons who contest a notice of violation and are adjudicated by the court to be responsible for the civil fine may appeal the adjudication for a trial de novo to the circuit court of the county in which the district or municipal court is located, using the procedures that apply to criminal […]
Section 16-27A-9 Exception when identity of owner cannot be reliably established. In the event the evidence produced by an automated device does not produce an image or video of the license plate with sufficient clarity for a law enforcement officer or trained technician to determine the identity of the owner, and if the identity cannot […]
