Floor Packet Page No. 489                                                   



	

Amend CSHB 3 as follows:                                                     



(1)  Add the following appropriately numbered article and 	renumber the subsequent articles of the bill accordingly:



ARTICLE __.  DEPOSIT OF CERTAIN TRAFFIC PENALTIES IN GENERAL 

REVENUE FUND

	SECTION __.01.  Subchapter D, Chapter 542, Transportation 

Code, is amended by adding Section 542.405 to read as follows:

	Sec. 542.405.  DEPOSIT OF REVENUE FROM CERTAIN TRAFFIC 

PENALTIES TO GENERAL REVENUE FUND.  (a)  In this section, 

"photographic traffic signal enforcement system" means a system 

that:

		(1)  consists of a camera system and vehicle sensor 

installed to exclusively work in conjunction with an electrically 

operated traffic-control signal;

		(2)  is capable of producing one or more recorded 

photographic or digital images that depict the license plate 

attached to the front or the rear of a motor vehicle that is not 

operated in compliance with the instructions of the traffic-control 

signal; and

		(3)  is designed to enforce compliance with the 

instructions of the traffic-control signal by imposition of a civil 

or administrative penalty against the owner of the motor vehicle.

	(b)  This section applies only to a civil or administrative 

penalty imposed on the owner of a motor vehicle by a local authority 

that operates or contracts for the operation of a photographic 

traffic signal enforcement system with respect to a highway under 

its jurisdiction or that operates or contracts for the operation of 

any other type of electronic traffic law enforcement system 

consisting of a camera system that automatically produces one or 

more recorded photographs or digital images of the license plate on 

a motor vehicle or the operator of a motor vehicle.

	(c)  Of the gross amount received by a local authority from 

the imposition of a civil or administrative penalty against the 

owner of a motor vehicle, the local authority may retain $1 and 

shall remit the remainder to the comptroller for deposit to the 

credit of the general revenue fund.

	(d)  The comptroller shall adopt rules and forms to implement 

and enforce this section.

	SECTION __.02.  Section 542.405, Transportation Code, as 

added by this article, applies to revenue received by a local 

authority unit of this state from the imposition of a civil or 

administrative penalty on or after the effective date of this Act, 

regardless of whether the penalty was imposed before, on, or after 

the effective date of this Act.

	(2)  On page 1, line 18, strike "$1.12" and substitute 

"$    ".

	(3)  On page 2, line 6, strike "$1.23" and substitute 

"$    ". 

	(4)  On page 2, line 24, strike "$1.23" and substitute 

"$    ".

	(5)  On page 2, line 26, strike "$1.23" and substitute 

"$    ".

	(6)  On page 3, line 1, strike "$1.12" and substitute 

"$    ". 

	(7)  On page 3, line 2, strike "$1.12" and substitute 

"$    ".