Amendment ID: S2553-5-R1

Redraft Amendment 5

Local Adoption of Automated Enforcement Cameras

Mr. Keenan moves that the proposed new draft be amended in section 2, by inserting after the word “Plan”, in line 25, the following words:- “D or”; and

in said section 2, by striking out, in lines 45 and 46, the words “manager in a city with a Plan E form of government, the mayor in all other cities” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “ council with the approval of the mayor in a city”; and

in said section 2, in proposed subsection (c) of section 2 of chapter 90J, by adding the following clause:- “; and (iv) records of the maintenance and calibration of each location’s automated road safety camera system”; and

in said section 2, by striking out, in lines 198 and 199, the words “5 miles per hour” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “10 miles per hour where the posted speed limit is 45 miles per hour or greater and not less than 5 miles per hour where the posted speed limit is less than 45 miles per hour”; and

by inserting after section 2 the following section:-

“SECTION 2A. Not later than 90 days from the effective date of this act, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation shall promulgate regulations to implement chapter 90J of the General Laws. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to: (i) establishing standardized forms for notices of violations and written warnings; (ii) developing uniform signage requirements for the purpose of complying with subsection (a) of section 6 of said chapter 90J; and (iii) establishing standards for the calibration of automated road safety camera systems under subsection (b) of section 7 of said chapter 90J.”.