H.B. No. 922

	AN ACT
	relating to the power of a municipality to enforce compliance with
	speed limits by an automated traffic control system.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 542, Transportation Code,
	is amended by adding Section 542.2035 to read as follows:
	Sec. 542.2035.  LIMITATION ON MUNICIPALITIES. (a)  A
	municipality may not implement or operate an automated traffic
	control system with respect to a highway or street under its
	jurisdiction for the purpose of enforcing compliance with posted
	speed limits. The attorney general shall enforce this subsection.
	(b)  In this section, "automated traffic control system"
	means a photographic device, radar device, laser device, or other
	electrical or mechanical device designed to:
	(1)  record the speed of a motor vehicle; and
	(2)  obtain one or more photographs or other recorded
	images of:
	(A)  the vehicle;
	(B)  the license plate attached to the vehicle; or
	(C)  the operator of the vehicle.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 922 was passed by the House on May 2,
	2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 922 was passed by the Senate on May
	21, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays 4.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor