Sec. 10. (a) The department or the authority may adopt and enforce rules concerning:

(1) the placement and use of automated traffic law enforcement systems to enforce collection of user fees;

(2) required notification in the form of a citation to the owner of a vehicle used in the commission of a moving violation under section 9 of this chapter;

(3) the process for notification, collection, and enforcement of unpaid amounts;

(4) the amount of fines, charges, and assessments for toll violations;

(5) the use of or contracting with a collection agency to recover amounts unpaid by violators who are not subject to IC 9-18.1-3-7(a), including authorization in the contract for collection services for the collection agency to impose on and collect from the violator an additional collection fee; and

(6) other matters relating to automated traffic law enforcement systems that the department or the authority considers appropriate.

(b) A rule adopted under subsection (a)(2) must establish:

(1) a deadline for the department, authority, or operator, as applicable, to issue a citation to an owner of a vehicle used in the commission of a moving violation under section 9 of this chapter; and

(2) a deadline, not to exceed thirty (30) days following receipt of the citation as determined under section 12(2) of this chapter, for the owner to pay a fine, charge, or other assessment for the toll violation.

(c) The department or the authority shall establish a process by which the department, authority, or operator, as applicable, shall notify the bureau of an owner's failure to pay a fine, charge, or other assessment for a toll violation following the expiration of the deadline described in subsection (b)(2).

(d) This section does not apply with respect to a private toll facility.

As added by P.L.47-2006, SEC.45. Amended by P.L.163-2011, SEC.21; P.L.152-2015, SEC.8; P.L.257-2017, SEC.36.