Amend CSSB 1420 (house committee printing) by adding the following SECTION to the bill, appropriately numbered, and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____. Chapter 707, Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 707.0035 to read as follows:

Sec. 707.0035. DEPARTMENT APPROVAL. (a) A local authority may not install a photographic traffic signal enforcement system at an intersection approach located on a state highway under the jurisdiction of the Texas Department of Transportation unless the department, after notice and a public hearing, approves the installation of the system.

(b) The department may not approve the installation of a photographic traffic signal enforcement system under Subsection (a) in a municipality with a population of less than 40,000.