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AN ACT relating to traffic laws; authorizing a school district to install and use a school bus infraction detection system on school buses to enforce certain provisions of law; requiring a peace officer of a traffic enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the location in which such school buses operate to review certain evidence detected by the school bus infraction detection system before a civil infraction citation is issued; establishing requirements relating to the issuance of a civil infraction citation based on evidence detected by a school bus infraction detection system; requiring the destruction of any photograph or recorded image produced by a school bus infraction detection system after a certain period of time; establishing certain requirements for a hearing relating to a civil infraction citation issued for a violation detected by a school bus infraction detection system; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to traffic laws; authorizing a school district to install and use a school bus infraction detection system on school buses to enforce certain provisions of law; requiring a peace officer of a traffic enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the location in which such school buses operate to review certain evidence detected by the school bus infraction detection system before a civil infraction citation is issued; establishing requirements relating to the issuance of a civil infraction citation based on evidence detected by a school bus infraction detection system; requiring the destruction of any photograph or recorded image produced by a school bus infraction detection system after a certain period of time; establishing certain requirements for a hearing relating to a civil infraction citation issued for a violation detected by a school bus infraction detection system; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Introduction Date
Monday, March 24, 2025
Primary Sponsor
Assembly Committee on Growth and Infrastructure
Public exhibits
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AN ACT relating to traffic laws; authorizing a school district to install and use a school bus infraction detection syst
Existing law prohibits a governmental entity or its agents from using photographic, video or digital equipment to gather evidence in order to issue a traffic citation or civil infraction citation unless the equipment is: (1) a portable camera or event recording device worn or held by a peace officer; (2) installed within a vehicle or facility of a law enforcement agency; or (3) privately owned by a nongovernmental entity. (NRS 484A.600) Sections 2 and 3 of this bill create an exception to this prohibition, authorizing the board of trustees of a school district to allow for the installation and use of a school bus infraction detection system in school buses owned by the school district to enforce existing provisions of law prohibiting a driver of any vehicle from overtaking or passing a school bus which: (1) has stopped to receive or discharge any pupil; and (2) is displaying a flashing red light signal visible from the front and rear. (NRS 484B.353) Section 2 requires a peace officer of a traffic enforcement agency with jurisdiction over the location in which any school bus equipped with such a system operates to review the evidence of such a violation recorded by the system before a civil infraction citation is issued. Section 2 further: (1) requires a school district that has not previously installed and used a school bus infraction detection system to conduct a public awareness campaign for not less than 30 days after the system is placed into use; (2) requires the destruc
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