Indiana Code 9-21-3.5-10. Rules concerning automated traffic law enforcement systems at facilities other than private toll facilities
(1) the placement and use of automated traffic law enforcement systems to enforce collection of user fees;
Terms Used In Indiana Code 9-21-3.5-10
- authority: refers to the Indiana finance authority. See Indiana Code 9-21-3.5-1
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- department: refers to the Indiana department of transportation. See Indiana Code 9-21-3.5-3
- fee: means an amount assessed or imposed under:
Indiana Code 9-21-3.5-3.5
- operator: means :
Indiana Code 9-21-3.5-4
- owner: means a person in whose name a motor vehicle is registered under:
Indiana Code 9-21-3.5-5
- Private toll facility: includes any subsequent improvement, betterment, enlargement, extension, or reconstruction of an existing private toll facility. See Indiana Code 9-21-3.5-5.5
- toll violation: refers to the failure to pay a toll or user fee required under section 9 or 9. See Indiana Code 9-21-3.5-7.5
- User fees: Fees charged to users of goods or services provided by the government. In levying or authorizing these fees, the legislature determines whether the revenue should go into the treasury or should be available to the agency providing the goods or services.
(3) the process for notification, collection, and enforcement of unpaid amounts;
(4) the amount of fines, charges, and assessments for toll violations;
(5) the use of or contracting with a collection agency to recover amounts unpaid by violators who are not subject to IC 9-18.1-3-7(a), including authorization in the contract for collection services for the collection agency to impose on and collect from the violator an additional collection fee; and
(6) other matters relating to automated traffic law enforcement systems that the department or the authority considers appropriate.
(b) A rule adopted under subsection (a)(2) must establish:
(1) a deadline for the department, authority, or operator, as applicable, to issue a citation to an owner of a vehicle used in the commission of a moving violation under section 9 of this chapter; and
(2) a deadline, not to exceed thirty (30) days following receipt of the citation as determined under section 12(2) of this chapter, for the owner to pay a fine, charge, or other assessment for the toll violation.
(c) The department or the authority shall establish a process by which the department, authority, or operator, as applicable, shall notify the bureau of an owner’s failure to pay a fine, charge, or other assessment for a toll violation following the expiration of the deadline described in subsection (b)(2).
(d) This section does not apply with respect to a private toll facility.
As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.45. Amended by P.L.163-2011, SEC.21; P.L.152-2015, SEC.8; P.L.257-2017, SEC.36.