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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repealed.