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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- AUTOMATED SCHOOL-ZONE- | |
SPEED-ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM ACT OF 2016 | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Kislak, Speakman, Fogarty, Slater, Potter, and Edwards | |
Date Introduced: February 28, 2025 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 31-41.3-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-41.3 entitled |
2 | "Automated School-Zone-Speed-Enforcement System Act of 2016" is hereby amended to read as |
3 | follows: |
4 | 31-41.3-3. Automated school-zone-speed-enforcement system authorized and defined. |
5 | (a) The state department of transportation and the municipalities of this state are hereby |
6 | authorized to operate “automated school-zone-speed-enforcement systems.” |
7 | (b) For the purposes of this chapter: |
8 | (1) An “automated school-zone-speed-enforcement system” is an automated traffic-speed- |
9 | enforcement system operated within one-quarter (¼) three-quarters (3/4) of a mile of any type of |
10 | school in the state of Rhode Island; |
11 | (2) An “automated traffic-speed-enforcement system” is defined as a system using one or |
12 | more vehicle detectors in combination with photography to identify and provide a photographic |
13 | image of vehicles which are exceeding the posted speed limit, or the speed limit designated by state |
14 | law or regulation, for a given school zone, and may be in fixed or mobile configurations; and |
15 | (3) A “school zone” is defined as anywhere within a one-quarter (¼) three-quarters (3/4) |
16 | of a mile radius of any type of school in the state of Rhode Island. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES -- AUTOMATED SCHOOL-ZONE- | |
SPEED-ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM ACT OF 2016 | |
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1 | This act would extend the range of a school zone for purposes of school-zone-speed- |
2 | enforcement systems from one-quarter (1/4) mile to three-quarters (3/4) of a mile. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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