A. Any motor license agent appointed on or after July 1, 2002, within a specific municipality shall be furnished a camera by the Department of Public Safety without charge if:
1. Based upon the number of driver licenses issued during the preceding year, the total number of licenses issued shall average not less than one thousand two hundred (1,200) per year per camera within the municipality and not less than one thousand two hundred (1,200) per year per camera within the county; or
2. The motor license agent is located in a municipality with a population greater than five hundred (500) and the municipality is located fifteen (15) miles or more from any other motor license agency.
B. In addition to the provisions of subsection A of this section, each county shall have at least one motor license agent who shall be furnished a camera.
C. For the purposes of this section, each motor license agent appointed after July 1, 2002, shall be considered a new agent, whether assets of another agency were inherited, purchased or otherwise acquired.
D. The furnishing of any camera shall be subject to availability from the vendor and, if limited, shall be allocated according to this section.
Added by Laws 1988, c. 290, § 24, operative July 1, 1988. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 342, § 6, emerg. eff. June 15, 1991; Laws 2002, c. 392, § 1, eff. July 1, 2002; Laws 2017, c. 175, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2017.