Frequently Asked Questions

No. Cities and towns that already have photo enforcement systems can keep using them. They will just need to get voter approval to continue beyond 2028.

Bottom line: if your community likes your traffic cameras, Prop 319 won't change anything.

Increasingly, there isn’t. Modern road cameras can do much more than catch someone running a red light or speeding. They can identify vehicles, record license plates, and track where people travel.

While many local officials say photo enforcement systems only take pictures when someone breaks the law, ALPR companies themselves advertise speed cameras with built-in technology that can do much more.

No. Prop 319 lets voters decide whether to continue using photo enforcement systems as a revenue source. Cities and towns can — and do — rely on many sources of revenue, including property taxes that ask wealthier homeowners to pay their fair share of local costs.

Revenue from camera tickets can also act as a band-aid for inadequate state funding — while allowing local governments to avoid more progressive forms of revenue generation. Arizona is a wealthy state. Our communities shouldn’t have to rely on regressive fines and fees to pay for basic services.

Worth noting: In many cities and towns, state fees and third-party vendor costs eat up 70% (or more) of each ticket. Even high-ticket cities take only a small fraction of the revenue from their cameras.

Prop 319 was introduced by Sen. Wendy Rogers (R-Flagstaff) but supported by organizations like the Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, which testified before the legislature that Prop 319 is a necessary step to protect the right to privacy guaranteed by the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution.