§ 32:47 — Use of speed recording devices; restrictions

§47. Use of speed recording devices; restrictions
A. Automated speed enforcement devices or mobile speed cameras that are used to
issue a citation of an alleged violation by mail shall only be used by local municipal
authorities or local parish authorities in the following instances:
(1) The device or camera is being operated by a trained member of law or traffic
enforcement that are sworn or P.O.S.T.-certified. Deputized agents, contractors,
subcontractors of an agency, office, local municipality, local authority, or any political
subdivision of this state are strictly prohibited from operating handheld or manned devices
for the purpose of issuing a citation violation by mail.
(2) The device or camera is in a school zone lawfully posted in accordance with this
Subsection.
(3) There are forty-eight-inch by forty-eight-inch signs, the bottom of which shall be
at least seven feet from the ground, indicating that a device or camera is present, no less than
five hundred feet and no more than one thousand feet before the device or camera, in a
manner as to be clearly visible to approaching traffic. The signs shall be bright yellow and
shall read "Photo enforcement devices at use".
(4) Upon the entrance to each school zone, there shall be painted a two- foot-wide
yellow stripe completely across the roadway with "Entering School Zone" painted in
twelve-inch white lettering visible therein.
(5) Two hundred feet before the entrance to each school zone, there shall be painted
a two-foot-wide yellow stripe completely across the roadway with "School Zone Ahead"
painted in twelve-inch white lettering visible therein.
(6) Local municipal authorities or local parish authorities shall post signs, indicating
that an automated speed enforcement device camera is present, within two hundred feet of
the school zone, in such a manner as to be clearly visible to traffic approaching the school
zone.
(7)(a) If a device or camera is used while in an authorized vehicle, the authorized
vehicle shall be clearly marked as a law enforcement vehicle.
(b) If a device or camera is used by a traffic or law enforcement officer while not in
a vehicle, the officer shall wear a reflective vest, clearly indicating that the officer is law
enforcement or that the officer is conducting speed enforcement measures.
B. Criminal fines or fees shall not be imposed as a result of automated speed
enforcement devices or mobile speed cameras for the purpose of issuing a citation violation
by mail, nor shall failure to pay the citation result in reporting to any credit bureaus.
C. In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the use of handheld, manned, or
unmanned automated speed enforcement devices or mobile speed cameras that can be
mounted in a vehicle or deployed at various locations to monitor and record the speed of
passing traffic for the purpose of issuing a citation of an alleged violation by mail
intentionally inconsistent with R.S. 32:43 et seq. shall be punishable as provided for in R.S.
14:134.

Legislative History

Acts 2024, No. 103, §1, eff. May 21, 2024; Acts 2025, No. 107, §2.