84R9278 JTS-F
 
  By: Bohac H.B. No. 1710
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an election to repeal a photographic traffic signal
  enforcement system ordinance.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 707, Transportation Code, is amended by
  adding Section 707.0022 to read as follows:
         Sec. 707.0022.  ELECTION TO REPEAL ORDINANCE. (a)  The
  governing body of a local authority shall submit to the voters of
  the local authority the question of repealing an ordinance adopted
  under Section 707.002 if the governing body receives a petition
  that requests the election and is signed by 10 percent of the
  registered voters of the local authority.
         (b)  If a majority of the votes cast at the election favor the
  repeal of the ordinance, the governing body:
               (1)  shall repeal the ordinance; and
               (2)  may not subsequently adopt an ordinance under
  Section 707.002.
         (c)  An election on the question of repealing an ordinance
  under Section 707.002 may not be held more often than every two
  years.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.