Opinion No. (2000)

REQUESTED BY: Senator Pat Engel Nebraska State Legislature You have requested an opinion from this office regarding the constitutionality of proposed legislation which would enable prosecutorial officials to use photographs taken by intersection cameras to establish civil liability in their cases against violators of red light ordinances. Your correspondence indicates that when similar legislation was discussed in the past, questions arose concerning its constitutionality. Specifically, you inquire as to "whether this legislation could successfully withstand constitutional challenges based on…