State house bill restricting speed camera use passes with a vote of 7-5
Republican Senator Stewart Cathey's SB 99 was passed by the House Transportation, Highways, and Public Works Committee on a 7-5 vote. The bill would the limit of use automated traffic enforcement devices across the state.
Specifically, SB 99 would ban red light cameras statewide and limit speed enforcement cameras to designated school zones during specified hours.
KNOE 8 News reported that Cathey has been working to ban automated speed cameras in Louisiana, believing that the devices are unfair to Louisiana, seeing them as a "money grab." He stated that speeding tickets issued by speed enforcement devices are also not enforceable.
'There are zero consequences to not paying a speed camera ticket," Cathey stated in the interview. "It cannot go on your credit. They cannot arrest you. They can't put a lien on anything. Cannot suspend your driver's license. There are no repercussions if you choose not to pay."
Shreveport Democratic Representatives Steven Jackson, Tammy Phelps, and Joy Walters are members of the House Transportation Committee. Jackson voted to advance the bill, while Democratic Shreveport Representatives Joy Walters and Tammy Phelps voted against it.
The bill has been referred to the Legislative Bureau.
Follow Ian Robinson on Twitter @_irobinsonand on Facebook at https://bit.ly/3vln0w1.
More: Should Louisiana ban automated speed enforcement cameras? Lawmakers to vote soon on bill
This article originally appeared on Shreveport Times: House bill to limit speed cameras statewide passes with 7-5 vote
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
New York Post
13 minutes ago
- New York Post
Adams slams Zohran Mamdani for blowing off NYPD funerals before mayoral bid: ‘Where was he?'
Mayor Eric Adams slammed mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani for blowing off NYPD funerals during his years as a state lawmaker — and only now showing up while making a run for City Hall. 'You should lift up officers when you're not running for mayor,' Adams told reporters at City Hall on Monday. 'He could have lifted them up when he was an assemblyman. He could have done it over the years when he was in Albany. 3 Zohran Mamdani has blown off six NYPD funerals since joining the state Assembly. csuarez Advertisement 'We lost officers before he was running for mayor. Where was he? Did he feel those officers deserve to be lifted up as he lifted up now Officer Islam during the election? We need to ask, where was he?' Mamdani, 33, served more than four years in the state Assembly before his surprise Democratic mayoral primary win against former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in June. The Ugandan-born lefty paid his respects to relatives of NYPD cop Didarul Islam last week, after the four-year department veteran was gunned down in a mass shooting inside a Park Avenue office building. Advertisement But that was apparently a rare moment. Records reviewed by The Post show that Mamdani was a no-show — and didn't say a peep — after a half dozen of New York's Finest died during his tenure in Albany after they were gunned down in the line of duty. 3 Mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani paid his respects at the funeral of NYPD cop Didarul Islam — an apparent first for the pol. Stephen Yang 3 Mayor Eric Adams slammed Zohran Mamdani for only showing up at an NYPD funeral after launching a mayoral bid. James Keivom Advertisement All six hero cops who died between January 2022 and March of last year — Jonathan Diller, Troy D. Patterson, Lawrence Bromm, Wilbert Mora, Jason Rivera and crossing guard Krystyna Naprawa — were laid to rest before thousands in uniform, but not even condolences were offered by the Queens lawmaker. 'Not one time has [Mamdani] said something in response to a police officer who's been shot or killed,' Adams said Monday, pointing out the 2022 killing of Mora and Rivera. 'We cannot find one tweet that he made, or one comment that he made when that happened.' Neither did The Post.
The Hill
43 minutes ago
- The Hill
GOP senators place holds over tax credit guidance
Grassley, who recently engaged in a heated back-and-forth with Trump over the handling of judicial picks, announced his move to place the holds in the congressional record Friday. 'Today, I placed a hold on three Department of the Treasury nominees,' he said in the record, specifically naming Trump's picks for the department's general counsel, assistant secretary and undersecretary. The Iowa Republican added that while the 'big, beautiful, bill' recently passed by Congress allowed for wind and solar companies to continue to get tax credits if they begin construction of their projects in the next year, the Treasury Department 'is expected to issue rules and regulations implementing the agreed upon phase-out of the wind and solar credits by August 18, 2025.' 'Until I can be certain that such rules and regulations adhere to the law and congressional intent, I intend to continue to object to the consideration of these Treasury nominees,' Grassley said. Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) is also placing a hold on the same nominees — Brian Morrissey Jr., Francis Brooke and Jonathan McKernan — for the same reason, a source familiar told The Hill. After legislation to terminate the tax credits was passed, Trump signed an executive order that directed the Treasury to take a strict approach to limit which projects are eligible while they're still active.
Politico
44 minutes ago
- Politico
Schwarzenegger ready to fight Newsom on redistricting
Now, the fight has returned to his home state, as Newsom aims to redraw California's U.S. House maps before the midterm elections to offset a similar Republican-led effort unfolding in Texas. Since such a move would undo the constitutional language added by the Schwarzenegger amendments, it would require voter approval. Newsom said today he is 'very' confident he can secure the two-thirds legislative supermajority he would need to put the question on a November special-election ballot. Schwarzenegger is preparing to take a starring role in a 'No' campaign, reuniting many of the forces that came together in 2008 to pass Prop 11 (which created the commission for California legislative maps) and in 2010 for Prop 20 (which extended its authority to congressional maps). Several of the leading outside groups that gave good-government ballast to the earlier efforts — including the League of Women Voters and California Common Cause — are challenging Newsom's proposal. Philanthropist Charles Munger Jr., the most significant benefactor to the redistricting measures, began last month to commission polls and focus groups as he assembles a team for another ballot campaign, POLITICO reported last week. Munger, the son of Warren Buffett's business partner, emerged as one of the California Republican Party's leading funders during Schwarzenegger's governorship. Schwarzenegger was first elected upon the 2003 recall of Gov. Gray Davis and went on to win a full term in 2006. After leaving government and returning to acting, he has remained involved in politics on a few issues that advisers say he considers central to his legacy, including climate change and independent redistricting. His Netflix action comedy 'FUBAR' is currently in its second season. Schwarzenegger has also emerged as a prominent antagonist of President Donald Trump, whom he called 'un-American' while endorsing Kamala Harris in last year's election. A redistricting campaign could find the two former 'Celebrity Apprentice' hosts campaigning alongside one another, as Trump argues a Democratic gerrymander would be a threat to Republican dominance and Schwarzenegger argues for the integrity of a nonpartisan process. 'It's too early right now for him to fully unleash the standard Arnold gerrymandering stump speech,' Ketchell said. 'But it'll come.' This reporting first appeared in California Playbook PM.
