321P.3 Use limited.
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1. A local authority shall not use an automated or remote system for traffic law enforcement to issue a citation for a traffic violation unless the violation is for exceeding the speed limit by more than ten miles per hour.
2. A local authority with a population of twenty thousand or less based on the most recent federal decennial census shall not use a mobile system to issue a citation for a traffic violation. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A otherwise authorizing and regulating the operation of mobile systems, taking into consideration a mobile system’s mobility, flexible usage, and the needs of a local authority to control traffic speed to address critical traffic safety issues at a location.
However, the rules shall not authorize the use of a mobile system other than in neighborhoods, construction zones, school zones, including collegiate zones, and locations where traffic enforcement is difficult or dangerous to enforce by alternative methods.
3. A local authority, regardless of its population, may issue a warning memorandum to the owner of a vehicle that was operated in violation of a traffic law if the violation was detected by an automated or remote system for traffic law enforcement, including a mobile system.