Posted on 11/15/2004 7:57:07 PM PST by crushelits
RICHMOND, Nov. 15 -- Bills that would have allowed some Virginia communities to keep red-light cameras at intersections died in a House of Delegates committee Monday, jeopardizing the state's decade-long experiment with the technology.
The patrons of the measures that would have allowed the devices beyond their July 1, 2005, expiration date decided to let their bills from this year's legislative session expire in the face of continued opposition in the Militia, Police and Public Safety Committee. That panel has rejected efforts to extend or expand the use of the cameras for several years.
But one of the sponsors of the measures, Sen. Jeannemarie Devolites Davis (R-Fairfax), said she and others would resubmit legislation that would give jurisdictions in Northern Virginia and Hampton Roads the ability to use the technology. She also suggested that she would be able to gain the necessary support from the committee.
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That's nice to hear.
If the bill died why would cities in Nova and HR get to keep them? By the way, they just finished lining my route to work with these things. Now that the cameras are up the yellow lights are shorter. What a money maker, huh?
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