J.__As provided by paragraph C, subparagraph (4) or within 30 days of the issuance of a decision by a violation clerk under paragraph I, a registered owner may make a written request for an appeal hearing before a violation clerk designated by the authority.__The violation clerk shall then notify the registered owner in writing by certified mail, return receipt requested of the date, time and place of the hearing. The hearing is informal, the rules of evidence do not apply and the decision of the violation clerk is final.__ The violation clerk shall notify the parties in person or by mail of the decision following the hearing.__Each written appeal decision must contain a statement of reasons for the decision including a determination of each issue of fact necessary to the decision.__Failure to appear at the date, time and place specified on the hearing notice automatically results in the denial of the appeal.

K.__Any decision by a violation clerk under this section is subject to judicial review of final agency action in the manner provided by Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 7. If a registered owner files an appeal pursuant to this subsection, the authority may not notify the Secretary of State to suspend the registration certificate and plate issued for the vehicle involved in the alleged failure to pay until the appeal is resolved.

Sec. 3. 23 MRSA §1980, sub-§2-B, śC is enacted to read:

C.__A photograph, microphotograph, videotape or recorded image obtained from a photo-monitoring system as defined in subsection 2-A may not be used by the authority for the purposes of collection of a toll or other charge if the photograph, microphotograph, videotape or recorded image shows the face of a passenger or driver of a motor vehicle.

Sec. 4. 29-A MRSA §154, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 65, Pt. A, §84 and affected by §153 and Pt. C, §15, is amended to read:

6. Recovery of turnpike tolls. Upon receipt of an order of suspension notice from the court Maine Turnpike Authority in