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Senate approves amended moving‑violation bill after debate over photo‑radar revenue and evidentiary requirements
Summary
The Utah Senate passed Substitute Senate Bill 8 on the moving‑violation/photo‑radar package after floor amendments that limited reporting of photo‑radar citations and added a requirement that citations include accompanying photographs; a separate amendment would divert 50% of state‑highway radar revenue to the State Treasurer and 50% to the local court entity was debated but retained in the amended bill. 19 aye, 9 nay, 1 absent.
The Utah State Senate on Jan. 31, 1996 approved a revised moving‑violation bill (Substitute Senate Bill 8) that narrows the reporting effect of photo‑radar citations and requires that any citation accompanied by a photograph also include that photograph with the citation.
Senator Reese, the floor sponsor, told colleagues the package includes two core changes: that a "moving traffic violation obtained through the use of photo radar is not a reportable violation" for purposes of driving points and insurance scoring, and that "when the citation is accompanied by photograph . . . they include the photograph"…
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