(a) After review of the violation by law enforcement, any county or municipal governing body or law enforcement office located in Mobile County operating an electronic device shall send the owner of a vehicle, that has been detected by the device as being involved in a school bus violation, a notice of violation by U.S. mail. If there is more than one owner, the notice may be issued to the first person listed on the title or other evidence of ownership, or jointly to all listed owners.

Attorney's Note

Under the Alabama Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Violationup to 30 daysup to $200
For details, see Ala. Code § 13A-5-7
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Terms Used In Alabama Code 45-49-101.04

  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • following: means next after. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) The notice of violation shall include, at a minimum, each of the following items of information:

(1) The name and address of the person alleged to be liable as the owner of the motor vehicle involved in the violation.
(2) The license tag number of the vehicle.
(3) The violation charged.
(4) The date, time, and location where the violation occurred.
(5) The photographic images or video of the vehicle and vehicle license plate only that are captured by the electronic device. The image or video shall be reviewed by a law enforcement officer of Mobile County or municipality located in Mobile County, who shall certify the notice of violation. Under no circumstances may the image or video contain images of the face of the driver or passengers in the vehicle.
(6) The amount of the civil fine along with the time, place, and manner for payment of the fine.
(7) The procedure under which the notice of violation may be contested, or the procedure and conditions under which responsibility for payment of the civil fine may be transferred to another individual who was operating the vehicle at the time of the violation.
(8) That failure to timely pay, contest, or transfer responsibility to another shall constitute an admission that the owner is responsible.
(9) The date by which the local governing body must receive payment of the civil fine, receive notice by the owner that responsibility is being transferred to another, or receive notice by the owner that the notice of violation is being contested, shall be clearly and prominently stated on the notice of violation. The time may not be less than 30 days after the notice of violation is mailed or personally delivered.
(c) All recorded video images and other photographic information obtained through the use of school bus violation detection monitoring systems authorized in this part that do not identify a violation shall be destroyed by any city, town, school system, or vendor within 30 days of the date the image was recorded, unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. All photographs and other recorded information that identify a violation shall be destroyed within 30 days of final disposition of proceedings related to the enforcement or defense of a violation, unless otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(d) All photographic evidence, regardless of whether it is a still photograph or video, shall remain the sole property of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency or Mobile County or municipal law enforcement agency which reviews the photographic evidence and shall be available to a third party, other than the alleged violator, pursuant only to a valid court order.
(e) Except as expressly provided, all civil actions based on evidence produced by a school bus violation detection monitoring system shall follow the procedures set out in this part.
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