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HB 1437 Installation, etc., of devices in highway right-of-way; law-enforcement purposes, regulation.

Introduced by: Bill Wiley | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Installation, maintenance, and operation of devices in highway right-of-way for law-enforcement purposes; regulation authority; civil penalty. Provides that the authority of the Commonwealth Transportation Board to make regulations for the use of systems of state highways includes the use of devices in the right-of-way of such highways for law-enforcement purposes. The bill authorizes the Department of State Police or chief law-enforcement officer of a locality to install, maintain, and operate devices for law-enforcement purposes on highways maintained by VDOT. The bill requires that all data collected by such devices be purged and not retained later than 30 days after collection unless such data is being used in an active law-enforcement investigation. The bill prohibits the use of such data to enforce speed limits, traffic regulations, tolling requirements, or high-occupancy vehicle requirements.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Commonwealth Transportation Board; regulation authority. Provides that the authority of the Commonwealth Transportation Board to make regulations for the use of systems of state highways includes authorizing the use of such highways for public safety purposes and the use of devices on such highways for public safety purposes whether related or unrelated to transportation safety. The bill requires any regulation authorizing the use in the system of state highways of a device for public safety purposes that records and stores videos or images to require that all data collected by such device be purged and not retained later than 30 days after collection unless such data is being used in an active law-enforcement investigation.