45-41A-41.12
Section 45-41A-41.12 Criminal violations. No civil penalty may be imposed and no adjudication
of liability for a civil violation may be made under this part if the operator of the vehicle
was arrested or was issued a citation and notice to appear by a sworn police officer for a
criminal violation of any portion of Article 2, commencing with Section 32-5A-30, Chapter
5A, Title 32, including, but not limited to, Sections 32-5A-31, 32-5A-34, and 32-5A-35, or
any other municipal ordinance which embraces and incorporates the statutes contained in that
article, and which occurred simultaneously with and under the same set of circumstances which
were recorded by the photographic traffic signal enforcement system. (Act 2011-524, p. 843,
§13.)...
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45-37A-100.01
Section 45-37A-100.01 Traffic safety system authorized; legislative findings. (a) The City
of Center Point, Alabama, by ordinance, may provide for the implementation of an automated
traffic safety system within the city as provided for in this article. (b) The Legislature
finds and declares the following: (1) Vehicles that violate traffic control regulations and
signage have been and are a dangerous problem in the City of Center Point. (2) Studies have
found that automated traffic camera enforcement in a municipal area is a highly accurate method
for detecting violations of traffic control regulations and signage and is very effective
in reducing the number of traffic violations and decreasing the number of traffic accidents,
deaths, and injuries. (3) Current Alabama law provides that failing to stop and remain stopped
at a traffic control signal which is emitting a steady red signal is a criminal misdemeanor.
Current Alabama law also provides that failing to abide by traffic signage...
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45-37A-331.33
Section 45-37A-331.33 Automated photographic speeding enforcement system authorized. (a) The
City of Midfield is empowered to utilize an automated photographic speeding enforcement system
to detect and record speeding violations, to issue notices of civil violations by mail, and
to prosecute civil violations for the recorded speeding violations which may occur within
the corporate limits of the City of Midfield as provided in this subpart. A civil fine assessed
under this subpart shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100), and municipal court costs
may be assessed in the same manner and in the same amounts prescribed for municipal criminal
speeding violations prosecuted as a misdemeanor. An additional fee of ten dollars ($10) shall
be added to the Midfield Municipal Court costs authorized to be collected in connection with
notices issued under this subpart. Court costs collected pursuant to this subpart shall be
distributed in the same manner as prescribed by law for the distribution...
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45-24A-32.03
Section 45-24A-32.03 Automated photographic traffic signal enforcement system. (a) The city
is empowered to utilize an automated photographic traffic signal enforcement system to detect
and record traffic signal violations, to issue notices of civil violations by mail, and to
prosecute civil violations for the recorded traffic signal violations which may occur within
the corporate limits of the city as provided in this part. A civil penalty assessed under
this part shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100), and municipal court costs shall be
assessed only in contested cases in the same manner and in the same amounts prescribed for
a municipal criminal traffic-control device violation prosecuted as a misdemeanor under Section
32-5A-31, 32-5A-32, or 32-5A-35, or any combination thereof. An additional fee of ten dollars
($10) shall be added to the municipal court costs authorized to be collected in connection
with notices issued under this part. Court costs collected pursuant to this...
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45-41A-41.05
Section 45-41A-41.05 Power and jurisdiction of municipal court; contesting liability; fines
and costs; affirmative defenses. (a) The Opelika Municipal Court is vested with the power
and jurisdiction to hear and adjudicate the civil violations provided for in this part, and
to issue orders imposing the civil fines and costs set out in this part. (b) A person who
receives a violation may contest the imposition of the civil fine by submitting a request
for a hearing on the adjudication of the civil violation, in writing, within 15 days of the
10th day after the date the notice of violation is mailed. Upon receipt of a timely request,
the city shall notify the person of the date and time of the adjudicative hearing. (c) Failure
to pay a civil penalty or to contest liability in a timely manner is an admission of liability
in the full amount of the civil fine assessed in the notice of violation. (d) The civil fine
and court costs shall not be assessed if, after a hearing, the Opelika...
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45-21A-10.03
Section 45-21A-10.03 Notice of violation; civil penalty. (a) Prior to imposing a civil penalty
pursuant to this article, the City of Brantley shall first mail a notice of violation by certified
U.S. mail, return receipt requested, to the owner of the motor vehicle which is recorded by
the automated photographic speeding enforcement system that committed a speeding violation.
The notice shall be sent not later than the 30th day after the date the speeding violation
is recorded to the following: (1) The owner's address as shown on the registration records
of the Alabama Department of Revenue. (2) If the vehicle is registered in another state or
country, to the owner's address as shown on the motor vehicle registration records of the
department or agency of the other state or country analogous to the Alabama Department of
Revenue. (3) If a traffic violation is based on the vehicle identification number, and the
registered owner of the vehicle is a rental car business, the law enforcement...
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45-37A-331.09
Section 45-37A-331.09 Late fees; record of civil violations. The city may provide by ordinance
that a late fee not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25) shall attach to untimely paid civil
fines that are authorized in this part. No person may be arrested or incarcerated for nonpayment
of a civil fine or late fee. No record of an adjudication of civil violation made under this
part shall be listed, entered, or reported on any criminal record or driving record, whether
the record is maintained by the city or an outside agency. An adjudication of civil violation
provided for in this part shall not be considered a conviction for any purpose, shall not
be used to increase or enhance punishment for any subsequent offense of a criminal nature,
shall not be considered a moving violation, and shall not be used by any insurance company
to determine or affect premiums or rates unless an accident occurred due to the violation.
The fact that a person is held liable or responsible for a civil fine for...
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45-37A-42.01
Section 45-37A-42.01 Traffic safety system authorized; legislative findings. (a) The City of
Bessemer, Alabama, by ordinance, may provide for the implementation of an automated traffic
safety system within the city as provided for in this part. (b) The Legislature finds and
declares the following: (1) Vehicles that violate traffic control regulations and signage
have been and are a dangerous problem in the City of Bessemer, Alabama. (2) Studies have found
that automated traffic camera enforcement in a municipal area is a highly accurate method
for detecting violations of traffic control regulations and signage and is very effective
in reducing the number of traffic violations and decreasing the number of traffic accidents,
deaths, and injuries. (3) Current Alabama law provides that failing to stop and remain stopped
at a traffic-control signal which is emitting a steady red signal is a criminal misdemeanor.
Current Alabama law also provides that failing to abide by traffic signage or...
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45-21A-10.04
Section 45-21A-10.04 Jurisdiction of Brantley Municipal Court; hearings; liability; evidence
and procedure; defenses. (a) The Brantley Municipal Court is vested with the power and jurisdiction
to hear and adjudicate the civil violations provided for in this article and to issue orders
imposing the civil fines and costs set out in this article. (b) A person who receives a notice
of violation may contest the imposition of the civil fine by submitting a request for a hearing
on the adjudication of the civil violation, in writing, within 15 days of the 10th day after
the date the notice of violation is mailed. Upon receipt of a timely request, the city shall
notify the person of the date and time of the adjudicative hearing by U.S. mail. (c) Failure
to pay a civil penalty or to contest liability in a timely manner is an admission of liability
in the full amount of the civil fine assessed in the notice of violation. (d) The civil fine
shall not be assessed if, after a hearing, the Brantley...
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45-24A-32.02
Section 45-24A-32.02 Definitions. As used in this part, the following terms shall have the
following meanings: (1) CIRCUIT COURT or COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT. The Dallas County Circuit Court.
(2) CITY. The City of Selma, Alabama. (3) CIVIL PENALTY. The monetary amount assessed by the
city pursuant to this part for an adjudication of civil liability for a traffic signal violation,
including municipal court costs associated with the infraction. (4) CIVIL VIOLATION. There
is created a noncriminal category of state law called a civil violation created and existing
for the sole purpose of carrying out the terms of this part. The penalty for committing a
civil violation shall be the payment of a civil penalty, the enforceability of which shall
be accomplished through civil action. The prosecution of a civil violation created hereby
shall carry reduced evidentiary requirements and burden of proof as set out in Section 45-24A-32.05,
and in no event shall an adjudication of liability for a civil...
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