Amend CSSB 1863 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered article to the bill and renumbering subsequent articles 
accordingly:

ARTICLE __.  USE OF CERTAIN TRAFFIC PENALTIES
	SECTION __.01. Subchapter D, Chapter 542, Transportation 
Code, is amended by adding Section 542.405 to read as follows:
	Sec. 542.405.  USE OF REVENUE FROM CERTAIN TRAFFIC PENALTIES. 
(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 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. Money deposited under this 
subsection may be used only to finance studies relating to 
improvement of the state transportation system.
	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 
article, regardless of whether the penalty was imposed before, on, 
or after the effective date of this article.