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	Amend CSHB 3, in Article 1 of the bill, by adding the 
following appropriately designated part to that article and 
redesignating subsequent parts of that article accordingly:
		PART __.  DEPOSIT OF CERTAIN TRAFFIC PENALTIES
IN FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM
	SECTION 1__.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 FOR FOUNDATION SCHOOL PROGRAM.  (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 conjuction 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 Foundation School Fund.
	(d)  The comptroller shall adopt rules and forms to implement 
and enforce this section.
	SECTION 1__.02.  Section 542.405, Transportation Code, as 
added by this part, 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 article, regardless 
of whether the penalty was imposed before, on, or after the 
effective date of this article.