Code of Alabama - Title 16: Education - Chapter 27A - Alabama School Bus Safety Act

• Section 16-27A-1 Short title; civil enforcement of school bus violations authorized
  (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Alabama School Bus Safety Act. (b) Any board may authorize a process of...
• Section 16-27A-2 Definitions
  The following definitions and provisions shall apply to this chapter: (1) AUTOMATED DEVICE. Any camera or recording device that uses a vehicle sensor and camera...
• Section 16-27A-3 Adoption of automated school bus enforcement program; fines
  (a) A board may approve the use of automated devices to detect school bus violations by voting at a meeting of the board to approve...
• Section 16-27A-4 Notice of violation; destruction of images and information
  (a) After review of the violation by a law enforcement officer or trained technician, the governing body or contractor shall send the owner of a...
• Section 16-27A-5 Payment of fines
  The owner of a vehicle that has been issued a notice of violation shall be responsible for payment of the civil fine unless the owner...
• Section 16-27A-6 Transfer of responsibility for payment of fine
  (a) The owner shall not be responsible for payment of the civil fine resulting from a notice of violation if each of the following conditions...
• Section 16-27A-7 Contesting a notice of violation; adjudication
  (a) No person shall be responsible for payment of a civil fine for a notice of violation issued under this chapter if the operator of...
• Section 16-27A-8 Appeals
  Persons who contest a notice of violation and are adjudicated by the court to be responsible for the civil fine may appeal the adjudication for...
• Section 16-27A-9 Exception when identity of owner cannot be reliably established
  In the event the evidence produced by an automated device does not produce an image or video of the license plate with sufficient clarity for...
• Section 16-27A-10 Nonpayment of civil fine
  (a) No person may be arrested or incarcerated for nonpayment of a civil fine. (b) A governing body may contract with a collection service for...
• Section 16-27A-11 Construction with other laws
  Adoption by a board of the procedures under this chapter and the enforcement of this chapter by a governing body shall not affect current procedure...
• Section 16-27A-12 Cause of action by owner against actual operator
  (a) Any person who is held responsible for payment of a civil fine as provided herein, but who was not actually operating the involved vehicle,...

Last modified: May 3, 2021