§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.