As Introduced

127th General Assembly
Regular Session
2007-2008
H. B. No. 30


Representative McGregor, R. 

Cosponsors: Representatives Adams, Schindel, Seitz, Fessler, Collier, Webster 


A BILL
To enact section 4511.092 of the Revised Code to 1
require any local authority that enforces any 2
traffic law by means of traffic law 3
photo-monitoring devices to erect signs on every 4
highway or freeway that is part of the state 5
highway system and that enters that local 6
authority, informing inbound traffic that the 7
local authority utilizes traffic law 8
photo-monitoring devices to enforce traffic laws.9


BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

       Section 1. That section 4511.092 of the Revised Code be 10
enacted to read as follows:11

       Sec. 4511.092. (A) As used in this section:12

        (1) "Local authority" means a municipal corporation, county, 13
or township.14

        (2) "Traffic law photo-monitoring device" means an electronic 15
system consisting of a photographic, video, or electronic camera 16
and a means of sensing the presence of a motor vehicle that 17
automatically produces photographs, videotape, or digital images 18
of the vehicle or its license plate.19

        (B) No local authority shall use traffic law photo-monitoring 20
devices to enforce any traffic law until after it has erected 21
signs on every highway and freeway that is part of the state 22
highway system and that enters that local authority. The signs 23
shall inform inbound traffic that the local authority utilizes 24
traffic law photo-monitoring devices to enforce traffic laws. The 25
signs shall be erected within the first three hundred feet of the 26
boundary of the local authority, and the local authority is 27
responsible for all costs associated with the erection, 28
maintenance, and replacement, if necessary, of the signs. All 29
signs erected under this division shall conform in size, color, 30
location, and content to standards contained in the manual adopted 31
by the department of transportation pursuant to section 4511.09 of 32
the Revised Code and shall remain in place for as long as the 33
local authority utilizes traffic law photo-monitoring devices to 34
enforce any traffic law. Any ticket, citation, or summons issued 35
by or on behalf of the local authority for any traffic law 36
violation based upon evidence gathered by a traffic law 37
photo-monitoring device before the signs have been erected is 38
invalid.39

       Section 2. Section 1 of this act takes effect six months 40
after the effective date of this act.41