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	Amend the Elkins Amendment to CSHB 2702 by adding the 
following sections and renumbering the subsequent sections 
appropriately.
	SECTION __ The heading to Section 542.203, Transportation 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 542.203.  LIMITATIONS [LIMITATION] ON LOCAL 
AUTHORITIES.
	SECTION __ Section 542.203, Transportation Code, is amended 
by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
	(d)  A local authority may not implement or operate a 
photographic traffic signal enforcement system with respect to a 
highway under its jurisdiction.  The attorney general shall enforce 
this subsection.
	(e)  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.
	SECTION __ Section 542.202(b)(3), Transportation Code, is 
repealed.