1. (a) When a motor vehicle is recorded operating in an active work zone at a speed that exceeds 10 miles per hour over the posted speed limit, ALEA may issue a civil traffic citation to the registered owner of the motor vehicle.

2. (b) When a speeding violation is recorded, ALEA shall send to the owner of the motor vehicle, through U.S. mail, a notice of the civil traffic citation which was recorded by the automated photographic speed enforcement system while committing the speeding violation. The notice shall be sent not later than 30 days after the date the speeding violation is recorded, as follows:

   1. (1) If the vehicle is registered in this state, to the registered owner’s address as shown on the registration records of the Department of Revenue.
   2. (2) If the vehicle is registered in another state or country, to the registered owner’s address as shown on the motor vehicle registration records of the other state or country.

3. (c) The notice shall contain all of the following:

   1. (1) A description of the violation alleged, including the speed at which the motor vehicle is alleged to have been operated, and the maximum speed applicable at the location.
   2. (2) The date, time, and location of the speeding violation.
   3. (3) A copy of recorded images of the vehicle involved in the speeding violation.
   4. (4) The amount of the civil penalty to be imposed for the speeding violation.
   5. (5) The date by which the civil penalty must be paid. For purposes of this subdivision, the ALEA shall require the civil penalty to be paid by a date certain, not less than 60 days following issuance of the notice of violation.
   6. (6) A statement that the person named in the notice of violation may pay the civil penalty in lieu of appearing at an administrative adjudication hearing.
   7. (7) A statement that the person has the right to contest the imposition of the civil penalty in an administrative adjudication and information about the manner and time in which the person may contest the imposition of the civil penalty.
   8. (8) A statement that failure to pay the civil penalty or to contest liability is an admission of liability.
   9. (9) A statement that a recorded image is evidence in a proceeding for the imposition of a civil penalty.
   10. (10) Any other information necessary for issuing the notice.
   11. (11) A statement that if the registered owner is a rental car company, the company has the right to provide information to ALEA on which individual was renting the vehicle at the time of the violation. The statement shall include information about how to provide the information regarding the individual.
4. (d) In lieu of issuing a notice of violation, ALEA may mail a warning notice to the registered owner. ALEA shall exercise discretion in issuing the warning notice.
5. (e) In the event the evidence produced by a photographic speed enforcement system does not produce an image of the license plate with sufficient clarity for a speed enforcement system operator to determine the identity of the owner, and if the identity cannot otherwise be reliably established, then no notice of speeding violation may be issued pursuant to this article.

(Act 2026-475, §8.)