A new law that protects South Dakotans from Iowa traffic camera tickets is causing some heartburn between the two states.

The law passed by this years legislature, prohibits the sharing of law enforcement information for civil penalities.

Sponsor of the bill was Senator Dan Lederman of Dakota Dunes……

The cameras, mostly located along I-29 in Sioux City, takes a picture of the car and driver, then the company mails a civil ticket to the owner of the car.

Lederman says the fines from the cameras are outside law enforcement, which violates previous agreements between the states………

Lederman says there are other states that use the cameras within the criminal legal system, and South Dakota will cooperate with those………

Lederman says Sioux City authorities can then fill out a form, and pay a fee to South Dakota to obtain the vehicle licensing information.

Sioux City Police Chief Doug Young says of thirteen million vehicles checked by the cameras, fewer than one percent got tickets. He didn’t know how many were from South Dakota.