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Committee revises school-zone camera and bus-camera rules, leaves key choices to subcommittees
Summary
Lawmakers discussed a merged substitute tying automated school-zone speed cameras and school-bus camera rules into existing school-zone enforcement law; sponsors asked members to form subcommittees to refine permit, timing, revenue and penalty provisions before a Monday vote.
Senator Burns presented a committee substitute that ties elements of Senate Bill 75 to language previously considered in the session’s House substitute to House Bill 348. The substitute would define school zones by existing master state orders or local ordinances, require advance warning signs and driver-speed displays ahead of school zones, and set rules for automated enforcement and school-bus cameras.
Burns told the Senate Public Safety Committee the substitute includes a section requiring warning signs about a half-mile before a school zone and an additional sign within a quarter-mile displaying the motorist’s speed and the posted limit. He said the bill also preserves law…
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