§ 40-14-10. Unlawful Use of Devices Generally
It shall be unlawful for speed detection devices to be used in any county or municipality or on any campus for which a permit authorizing such use has not been issued or for which a permit authorizing such use has been suspended or revoked and not reissued. It shall be unlawful for any official of […]
§ 40-14-11. Investigations by Commissioner of Public Safety; Issuance of Order Suspending or Revoking Permit; Ratio of Speeding Fines to Agency’s Budget
Upon a complaint being made to the commissioner of public safety that any county, municipality, college, or university is employing speed detection devices for purposes other than the promotion of the public health, welfare, and safety or in a manner which violates this chapter or violates its speed detection device permit, the commissioner or the […]
§ 40-14-12. Administrative Hearing Upon Permit Suspension or Revocation
Upon issuance by the commissioner of public safety of an order suspending or revoking the speed detection device permit of any county, municipality, college, or university, the county, municipality, college, or university affected shall be afforded a hearing, to be held within ten days of the effective date of the order. The hearing shall be […]
§ 40-14-13. Administrative and Judicial Appeal of Decision Suspending or Revoking Permit
Any county, municipality, college, or university aggrieved by a decision of the commissioner or deputy commissioner of public safety suspending or revoking its speed detection device permit may appeal that decision within 30 days of its effective date to the Board of Public Safety, which shall schedule a hearing with respect thereto before the board. […]
§ 40-14-14. Petition for Reconsideration Following Permit Suspension or Revocation
At the expiration of six months following the suspension or revocation of a speed detection device permit by the Board of Public Safety or, if no appeal was taken, by the commissioner or deputy commissioner of public safety, the governing authority of any such county or municipality or the president of any such college or […]
§ 40-14-15. Rehearing or Restoration of Permit at Direction of Governor
The Governor, in his discretion, may direct the commissioner of public safety, or his delegate, to inquire into such change of circumstances and report the same to him together with any recommendations he might have. The Governor, in his discretion, may order a new hearing on the matter before the Board of Public Safety or […]
§ 40-14-16. Restrictions on Suspension or Revocation of Drivers’ Licenses; Reports to Department of Driver Services to Specify Speed
No speeding violation of less than ten miles per hour above the legal speed limit in the county or municipality or on a college or university campus in which a person is given a speeding ticket shall be used by the Department of Driver Services for the purpose of suspending or revoking the driver’s license […]
§ 40-14-17. Laser Devices; Reliability and Admissibility of Evidence
Evidence of speed based on a speed detection device using the speed timing principle of laser which is of a model that has been approved by the Department of Public Safety shall be considered scientifically acceptable and reliable as a speed detection device and shall be admissible for all purposes in any court, judicial, or […]
§ 40-14-18. Enforcement of Speed Limit in School Zones With Recorded Images; Civil Monetary Penalty; Vehicle Registration and Transfer of Title Restrictions for Failure to Pay Penalty
The speed limit within any school zone as provided for in Code Section 40-14-8 and marked pursuant to Code Section 40-14-6 may be enforced by using photographically recorded images for violations which occurred only on a school day during the time in which instructional classes are taking place and one hour before such classes are […]
§ 40-14-5. Testing of Radar Devices; Removal of Inaccurate Radar Devices From Service; Maintenance of Testing Log and Independent Calibration Tests of Automated Traffic Enforcement Devices
Each state, county, municipal, or campus law enforcement officer using a radar device, except for an automated traffic enforcement safety device as provided for under Code Section 40-14-18, shall test the device for accuracy and record and maintain the results of the test at the beginning and end of each duty tour. Each such test […]