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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the power of a local authority to enforce compliance |
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with a traffic-control signal on a highway under its jurisdiction |
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by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 542.203, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 542.203. LIMITATIONS [LIMITATION] ON LOCAL |
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AUTHORITIES. |
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SECTION 2. Section 542.203, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: |
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(d) A local authority may not implement or operate a |
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photographic traffic signal enforcement system with respect to a |
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highway under its jurisdiction. The attorney general shall enforce |
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this subsection. |
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(e) In this section, "photographic traffic signal |
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enforcement system" means a system that: |
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(1) consists of a camera system and vehicle sensor |
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installed to exclusively work in conjunction with an electrically |
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operated traffic-control signal; |
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(2) is capable of producing one or more recorded |
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photographic or digital images that depict the license plate |
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attached to the front or the rear of a motor vehicle that is not |
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operated in compliance with the instructions of the traffic-control |
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signal; and |
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(3) is designed to enforce compliance with the |
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instructions of the traffic-control signal by imposition of a civil |
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or administrative penalty against the owner of the motor vehicle. |
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SECTION 3. Section 542.202(b)(3), Transportation Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |