79R2173 JD-D
By: Isett H.B. No. 1347
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the power of a local authority to enforce compliance
with a traffic-control signal on a highway under its jurisdiction
by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 542.203, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 542.203. LIMITATIONS [LIMITATION] ON LOCAL
AUTHORITIES.
SECTION 2. 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 3. Section 542.202(b)(3), Transportation Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.