AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 REGARDING CIVIL PENALTIES FOR SPEEDING.

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included a statement about requiring the $10 fine to be paid into the Volunteer Ambulance Company Fund, which is correct according to the official source but was listed under 'what_it_does' rather than 'terms_to_know'. This has been corrected.

Act for Speeding Penalties

This act changes how fines are calculated for speeding violations caught by electronic systems, allowing an additional $10 fine regardless of whether it's in a work zone.

What This Bill Does

• Allows an extra $10 penalty for speeding when caught by an electronic system, regardless of whether the violation happens in a work zone.
• Requires the $10 fine to be paid into the Volunteer Ambulance Company Fund.

Who It Names or Affects

• Drivers who are caught speeding by electronic monitoring systems

Terms To Know

Electronic speed monitoring system

A device that measures how fast cars are going and can take pictures or videos to prove if someone is speeding.

Work zone

An area where construction or maintenance work is being done on a road, often marked with special signs and sometimes lower speed limits.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if the $10 fine is not paid.
• It's unclear how this change will affect traffic safety overall.

Official Summary Text

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 REGARDING CIVIL PENALTIES FOR SPEEDING.
This Act allows an additional assessment to be assessed for a speeding violation, proven through information captured on an electronic speed monitoring system, that exists in § 4101(j) of Title 11. This assessment was previously not permitted to be assessed unless the speeding occurred in a work zone. The assessment is $10 and is paid to the Volunteer Ambulance Company Fund.

It also makes technical corrections to conform to the requirements of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.

Current Bill Text

Legislation Document

SPONSOR:

Rep. Wilson-Anton & Sen. Townsend

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

153rd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 202

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 21 REGARDING CIVIL PENALTIES FOR SPEEDING.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend § 4170A, Title 21 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 4170A. Electronic speed monitoring system [Expires June 30, 2028, pursuant to 84 Del. Laws, c. 74, § 2].

(g)

Civil penalties. —

(1) The owner or operator of a vehicle who has failed to comply with the posted speed limit, as evidenced by information obtained from an electronic speed monitoring system,

shall be

is

subject to a civil penalty consistent with those established under § 4169(c) of this title. Assessments defined under § 4105 of this title, §§

4101

4101(d), (g), (h),

and 9016 of Title 11 and § 8505 of Title 10,

shall

may

only be assessed for violations occurring in a “work zone” as defined in subsection (b) of this section.

SYNOPSIS

This Act allows an additional assessment to be assessed for a speeding violation, proven through information captured on an electronic speed monitoring system, that exists in § 4101(j) of Title 11. This assessment was previously not permitted to be assessed unless the speeding occurred in a work zone. The assessment is $10 and is paid to the Volunteer Ambulance Company Fund.

It also makes technical corrections to conform to the requirements of the Delaware Legislative Drafting Manual.