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Public Law
124th Legislature
First Regular Session
Chapter 223
H.P. 854 - L.D. 1234
An Act To Regulate the Use of Traffic Surveillance Cameras
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.   29-A MRSA §2117  is enacted to read:
§ 2117.   Use of traffic surveillance cameras restricted
The State or a municipality may not use a traffic surveillance camera to prove or enforce a violation of this Title. For purposes of this section, “traffic surveillance camera” means a device that, in conjunction with a lighted traffic-control device or a lane direction control device, as described in section 2057, subsections 1 and 3, or a speed measurement device as described in section 2075, subsection 4, automatically produces one or more photographs, one or more microphotographs, a videotape or any other recorded image of a vehicle at the time the vehicle is operated in violation of state law.
This section does not apply to a photo-monitoring system, as defined by Title 23, section 1980, subsection 2-A, paragraph B, subparagraph 4, used by the Maine Turnpike Authority for toll enforcement purposes.
 
Effective September 12, 2009