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§ 40-14-7. Visibility of Vehicle From Which Device Is Operated

Except as provided for in Code Section 40-14-18, no stationary speed detection device shall be employed by county, municipal, college, or university law enforcement officers where the vehicle from which the device is operated is obstructed from the view of approaching motorists or is otherwise not visible for a distance of at least 500 feet. […]

§ 40-14-24. Reports on Traffic-Control Signal Monitoring Device Use

Each governing authority using any traffic-control signal monitoring device shall submit not later than February 1 of each year a report on such use during the preceding calendar year to the Department of Transportation. Such report shall include, without limitation: A description of the locations where traffic-control signal monitoring devices were used; The number of […]

§ 40-14-8. When Case May Be Made and Conviction Had

No county, city, or campus officer shall be allowed to make a case based on the use of any speed detection device, unless the speed of the vehicle exceeds the posted speed limit by more than ten miles per hour and no conviction shall be had thereon unless such speed is more than ten miles […]

§ 40-14-9. Certain Evidence Inadmissible; Use of Device on Hill

Evidence obtained by county or municipal law enforcement officers in using speed detection devices within 300 feet of a reduction of a speed limit inside an incorporated municipality or within 600 feet of a reduction of a speed limit outside an incorporated municipality or consolidated city-county government shall be inadmissible in the prosecution of a […]

§ 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. […]