Title 45

As used in this part, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) CIRCUIT COURT or COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT. The Dallas County Circuit Court. (2) CITY. The City of Selma, Alabama. (3) CIVIL PENALTY. The monetary amount assessed by the city pursuant to this part for an …

(a) The city is empowered to utilize an automated photographic traffic signal enforcement system to detect and record traffic signal violations, to issue notices of civil violations by mail, and to prosecute civil violations for the recorded traffic signal violations which may oc…

(a) Prior to imposing a civil penalty under this part, the city shall first mail via first class United States mail a notice of violation to the owner of the motor vehicle which is recorded by the photographic traffic signal enforcement system while committing a traffic signal vi…

(a) The municipal court is vested with the power and jurisdiction to hear and adjudicate the civil violations provided for in this part, and to issue orders imposing the civil penalties and costs set out in this part. (b) A person who receives a notice of violation may contest th…

(a) Following an adjudicative hearing, the municipal court judge shall issue an order stating: (1) Whether the person charged with the civil violation is liable for the violation; and (2) If so, the amount of the civil penalty assessed against the person, along with the fees and …

(a) The circuit court hearing an appeal shall use the procedures that apply to criminal convictions in municipal court with the following qualifications: (1) The proceedings shall retain their civil nature on appeal with the circuit court applying the preponderance of the evidenc…

In the event the evidence produced by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system does not produce an image of the license plate with sufficient clarity for a trained technician to determine the identity of the owner, and if the identity cannot otherwise be reliably establis…

The city may provide by ordinance that late fees not exceeding twenty-five dollars ($25) per month for each month after the issuance of the order imposing the civil penalty shall attach to untimely paid civil penalties that are authorized in this part. No person may be arrested o…

The city shall adopt the procedures authorized by this part, and shall keep statistical data regarding the effectiveness of photographic traffic signal enforcement systems in reducing traffic-control device violations and intersectional collisions and shall communicate the data o…

The placement of traffic-control devices and timing of yellow lights and red light clearance intervals, adopted by the city, shall conform to the most recent edition of the Traffic Engineering Handbook. It shall be presumed that the city is in compliance with this section unless …

No civil penalty may be imposed and no adjudication of liability for a civil violation may be made under this part if the operator of the vehicle was arrested or was issued a citation and notice to appear by a sworn police officer for a criminal violation of any portion of Articl…

Any person against whom an adjudication of liability for a civil violation is made under this part, or the ordinance passed pursuant hereto, and who actually pays the civil penalty imposed thereby shall have a cause of action against any person who may be shown to have been opera…