SB546 Alabama 2012 Session

Relating to the City of Vestavia Hills, Alabama; authorizing automated traffic camera enforcement in the city limits of Vestavia Hills as a civil violation by the adoption of a municipal ordinance consistent with this act; providing certain procedures to be followed by Vestavia Hills; providing that the owner of the vehicle involved in violation of a traffic law is presumptively liable for a civil violation and the payment of a civil fine, but providing procedures to contest liability; providing for jurisdiction in the municipal court of Vestavia Hills over the civil violations and allowing appeals to the Jefferson County Circuit Court for trial de novo; creating a cause of action for any person held responsible for payment of the civil fine against the person who was actually operating a vehicle during the violation of a traffic law; and prohibiting the tampering with a photographic traffic signal enforcement system, except by authorized persons.