This section limits when local municipal and parish authorities may use electronic enforcement devices in school zones and requires related revenue disclosure and an agreement before implementation.
§46. Electronic enforcement devices; school zone restrictions A. For the purposes of this Section "electronic enforcement devices" shall mean automated speed enforcement devices, red light traffic cameras, and mobile speed cameras used for the purpose of regulating and enforcing traffic violations in which citations are issued by mail. B. Local municipal authorities and local parish authorities shall only operate electronic enforcement devices in a school zone on school days during the specified time periods when children are in school. Devices shall only be operated one hour before and one hour after the beginning of a school day and one hour before and one hour after the end of a school day. C. The provisions contained in this Section shall not apply to a governing authority of a municipality with a population of less than sixteen thousand and more than fifteen thousand according to the latest federal decennial census within a parish with a population of less than ninety thousand and more than seventy thousand according to the latest federal decennial census. D.(1) Revenue generated as a result of electronic enforcement devices in school zones shall be divided between the governing authority of the school where the traffic citation was issued and the municipality after the governing authority pays the contractor or vendor for the costs of providing the electronic enforcement devices and related services. (2) A cooperative endeavor agreement executed by the municipality and each governing authority of the schools located within the municipality's boundaries shall be in place prior to the implementation of automated speed enforcement devices and mobile speed cameras. E.(1) Any jurisdiction that submits a local match waiver for capital outlay shall disclose the amount of revenue collected from electronic enforcement devices. The failure to disclose the information required by this Subsection shall result in any local match waiver being revoked. (2) No local match waiver shall be revoked pursuant to this Subsection for any of the following types of capital outlay projects: (a) Water system projects. (b) Sewer system projects. (c) Natural gas system projects. Acts 2024, No. 103, §1, eff. May 21, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 107, §2.