HB567 Alabama 2014 Session

Relating to the City of Midfield, Alabama, in Jefferson County; authorizing automated speeding enforcement in the City of Midfield, Alabama, as a civil violation; authorizing the city to adopt a municipal ordinance consistent with this act; providing certain procedures to be followed by the city using automated photographic speeding enforcement; providing that the owner of the vehicle involved 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 Midfield Municipal Court 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 while speeding; and prohibiting the tampering with automated speeding enforcement devices or equipment systems, except by authorized persons.