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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the power of a local authority to enforce compliance |
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with speed limits or a traffic-control signal on a highway under its |
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jurisdiction by an automated traffic-control system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 542.203, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 542.203. LIMITATIONS [LIMITATION] ON LOCAL |
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AUTHORITIES. |
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SECTION 2. Section 542.203, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: |
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(d) A local authority may not implement or operate an |
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automated traffic-control system with respect to a highway under |
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its jurisdiction. The attorney general shall enforce this |
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subsection. |
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(e) In this section, "automated traffic-control system" |
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means a system consisting of one or more photographic devices, |
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radar devices, laser devices, or other electrical or mechanical |
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devices that: |
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(1) is capable of producing one or more recorded |
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photographic or digital images depicting the license plate attached |
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to the front or rear of a motor vehicle that is not operated in |
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compliance with posted speed limits or the instructions of a |
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traffic-control signal; and |
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(2) is used by the local authority to enforce |
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compliance with posted speed limits or the instructions of a |
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traffic-control signal by imposition of a civil or administrative |
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penalty against the owner or operator of the motor vehicle. |
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SECTION 3. Section 542.202(b)(3), Transportation Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |