Home Rule Petition titled “PETITION FOR AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE TO EMPLOY AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE” be forwarded to the state delegation in order to forward to the General Court for adoption

PETITION FOR AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE TO EMPLOY

AUTOMATED ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE. Act authorizing the City of Cambridge to employ automated enforcement within the City of Cambridge. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Section 1. As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: "Automated Road Safety Camera System" shall mean an automated motor vehicle sensor device installed which produces digital photographs and may record the speed of each motor vehicle at the time it is operated in a manner that is in violation of traffic laws and regulations where the automated road camera safety system is located. “Camera Enforceable Violation” shall mean any of the following violations of a traffic law or regulation: (i) failing to stop at a steady red indication in a traffic control signal at an intersection pursuant to section 9 of chapter 89; (ii) exceeding the speed limit in violation of section 17, section 18, or section 18B of chapter 90; or (iii) operating, parking or causing a motor vehicle to stand in a lane designated for the exclusive use of buses unless otherwise regulated or posted by an official traffic signal, sign or marking or at the direction of an authorized police officer. “Municipal designee”, the municipal entity designated by the city manager to supervise and coordinate the administration of camera enforceable violations under this chapter. Section 2. (a) The City of Cambridge (“The City”) may install an automated road safety camera system as a means of promoting traffic safety. The automated road safety camera system may be placed: (i) along any portion of any way within the City’s control; or (ii) along any portion of any way within the control of the Commonwealth, other than a limited access highway, with written permission from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation or the department of conservation and recreation; provided further, that the City may impose a penalty for a camera enforceable violation on the registered owner of a motor vehicle pursuant to section 3. (b) Annually, not later than December 1, the City shall transmit a report to the Cambridge City Council that details each automated road safety camera system located in the City or proposed to be located in the City. The report shall include, but not be limited to: (i) a list of the locations of each automated road safety camera system in the City; (ii) an analysis of the nexus between public safety and each location’s automated road safety camera system; and (iii) the number of fines and warnings issued for camera enforceable violations pursuant to section 3; (iv) records of the maintenance and calibration of each location’s automated road safety camera system; (v) crash data at each separate location of an automated road safety camera system; (vi) an analysis of the frequency of traffic stops by the City’s police force prior to and after the implementation of an automated road safety camera system. Section 3. Page 2 of 5