S.B. No. 1119
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the implementation of a photographic traffic signal
  enforcement system; providing for the imposition of civil penalties
  and to the use of the money collected to help fund trauma facilities
  and emergency medical services; providing a criminal penalty.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle I, Title 7, Transportation Code, is
  amended by adding Chapter 707 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 707.  PHOTOGRAPHIC TRAFFIC SIGNAL
  ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM
         Sec. 707.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Local authority" has the meaning assigned by
  Section 541.002.
               (2)  "Owner of a motor vehicle" means the owner of a
  motor vehicle as shown on the motor vehicle registration records of
  the Texas Department of Transportation or the analogous department
  or agency of another state or country.
               (3)  "Photographic traffic signal enforcement system"
  means a system that:
                     (A)  consists of a camera system and vehicle
  sensor installed to exclusively work in conjunction with an
  electrically operated traffic-control signal; and
                     (B)  is capable of producing at least two recorded
  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.
               (4)  "Recorded image" means a photographic or digital
  image that depicts the front or the rear of a motor vehicle.
               (5)  "Traffic-control signal" has the meaning assigned
  by Section 541.304.
         Sec. 707.002.  AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FOR CIVIL PENALTY. The
  governing body of a local authority by ordinance may implement a
  photographic traffic signal enforcement system and provide that the
  owner of a motor vehicle is liable to the local authority for a
  civil penalty if, while facing only a steady red signal displayed by
  an electrically operated traffic-control signal located in the
  local authority, the vehicle is operated in violation of the
  instructions of that traffic-control signal, as specified by
  Section 544.007(d).
         Sec. 707.003.  INSTALLATION AND OPERATION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC
  TRAFFIC SIGNAL ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM. (a)  A local authority that
  implements a photographic traffic signal enforcement system under
  this chapter may:
               (1)  contract for the administration and enforcement of
  the system; and
               (2)  install and operate the system or contract for the
  installation or operation of the system.
         (b)  A local authority that contracts for the administration
  and enforcement of a photographic traffic signal enforcement system
  may not agree to pay the contractor a specified percentage of, or
  dollar amount from, each civil penalty collected.
         (c)  Before installing a photographic traffic signal
  enforcement system at an intersection approach, the local authority
  shall conduct a traffic engineering study of the approach to
  determine whether, in addition to or as an alternative to the
  system, a design change to the approach or a change in the
  signalization of the intersection is likely to reduce the number of
  red light violations at the intersection.
         (d)  An intersection approach must be selected for the
  installation of a photographic traffic signal enforcement system
  based on traffic volume, the history of accidents at the approach,
  the number or frequency of red light violations at the
  intersection, and similar traffic engineering and safety criteria,
  without regard to the ethnic or socioeconomic characteristics of
  the area in which the approach is located.
         (e)  A local authority shall report results of the traffic
  engineering study required by Subsection (c) to a citizen advisory
  committee consisting of one person appointed by each member of the
  governing body of the local authority. The committee shall advise
  the local authority on the installation and operation of a
  photographic traffic signal enforcement system established under
  this chapter.
         (f)  A local authority may not impose a civil penalty under
  this chapter on the owner of a motor vehicle if the local authority
  violates Subsection (b) or (c).
         (g)  The local authority shall install signs along each
  roadway that leads to an intersection at which a photographic
  traffic signal enforcement system is in active use. The signs must
  be at least 100 feet from the intersection or located according to
  standards established in the manual adopted by the Texas
  Transportation Commission under Section 544.001, be easily
  readable to any operator approaching the intersection, and clearly
  indicate the presence of a photographic monitoring system that
  records violations that may result in the issuance of a notice of
  violation and the imposition of a monetary penalty.
         (h)  A local authority or the person with which the local
  authority contracts for the administration and enforcement of a
  photographic traffic signal enforcement system may not provide
  information about a civil penalty imposed under this chapter to a
  credit bureau, as defined by Section 392.001, Finance Code.
         Sec. 707.004.  REPORT OF ACCIDENTS. (a)  In this section,
  "department" means the Texas Department of Transportation.
         (b)  Before installing a photographic traffic signal
  enforcement system at an intersection approach, the local authority
  shall compile a written report of the number and type of traffic
  accidents that have occurred at the intersection for a period of at
  least 18 months before the date of the report.
         (c)  Not later than six months after the date of the
  installation of the photographic traffic signal enforcement system
  at the intersection, the local authority shall provide the
  department a copy of the report required by Subsection (b).
         (d)  After installing a photographic traffic signal
  enforcement system at an intersection approach, the local authority
  shall monitor and annually report to the department the number and
  type of traffic accidents at the intersection to determine whether
  the system results in a reduction in accidents or a reduction in the
  severity of accidents.
         (e)  The report must be in writing in the form prescribed by
  the department.
         (f)  Not later than December 1 of each year, the department
  shall publish the information submitted by a local authority under
  Subsection (d).
         Sec. 707.005.  MINIMUM CHANGE INTERVAL.  At an intersection
  at which a photographic traffic monitoring system is in use, the
  minimum change interval for a steady yellow signal must be
  established in accordance with the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic
  Control Devices.
         Sec. 707.006.  GENERAL SURVEILLANCE PROHIBITED; OFFENSE.
  (a)  A local authority shall operate a photographic traffic control
  signal enforcement system only for the purpose of detecting a
  violation or suspected violation of a traffic-control signal.
         (b)  A person commits an offense if the person uses a
  photographic traffic signal enforcement system to produce a
  recorded image other than in the manner and for the purpose
  specified by this chapter.
         (c)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
         Sec. 707.007.  AMOUNT OF CIVIL PENALTY; LATE PAYMENT
  PENALTY. If a local authority enacts an ordinance to enforce
  compliance with the instructions of a traffic-control signal by the
  imposition of a civil or administrative penalty, the amount of:
               (1)  the civil or administrative penalty may not exceed
  $75; and
               (2)  a late payment penalty may not exceed $25.
         Sec. 707.008.  DEPOSIT OF REVENUE FROM CERTAIN TRAFFIC
  PENALTIES.  (a)  Not later than the 60th day after the end of a
  local authority's fiscal year, after deducting amounts the local
  authority is authorized by Subsection (b) to retain, the local
  authority shall:
               (1)  send 50 percent of the revenue derived from civil
  or administrative penalties collected by the local authority under
  this section to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the
  regional trauma account established under Section 782.002, Health
  and Safety Code; and
               (2)  deposit the remainder of the revenue in a special
  account in the local authority's treasury that may be used only to
  fund traffic safety programs, including pedestrian safety
  programs, public safety programs, intersection improvements, and
  traffic enforcement.
         (b)  A local authority may retain an amount necessary to
  cover the costs of:
               (1)  purchasing or leasing equipment that is part of or
  used in connection with the photographic traffic signal enforcement
  system in the local authority;
               (2)  installing the photographic traffic signal
  enforcement system at sites in the local authority, including the
  costs of installing cameras, flashes, computer equipment, loop
  sensors, detectors, utility lines, data lines, poles and mounts,
  networking equipment, and associated labor costs;
               (3)  operating the photographic traffic signal
  enforcement system in the local authority, including the costs of
  creating, distributing, and delivering violation notices, review
  of violations conducted by employees of the local authority, the
  processing of fine payments and collections, and the costs
  associated with administrative adjudications and appeals; and
               (4)  maintaining the general upkeep and functioning of
  the photographic traffic signal enforcement system.
         (c)  Chapter 133, Local Government Code, applies to fee
  revenue described by Subsection (a)(1).
         (d)  If under Section 133.059, Local Government Code, the
  comptroller conducts an audit of a local authority and determines
  that the local authority retained more than the amounts authorized
  by this section or failed to deposit amounts as required by this
  section, the comptroller may impose a penalty on the local
  authority equal to twice the amount the local authority:
               (1)  retained in excess of the amount authorized by
  this section; or
               (2)  failed to deposit as required by this section.
         Sec. 707.009.  REQUIRED ORDINANCE PROVISIONS. An ordinance
  adopted under Section 707.002 must provide that a person against
  whom the local authority seeks to impose a civil penalty is entitled
  to a hearing and shall:
               (1)  provide for the period in which the hearing must be
  held;
               (2)  provide for the appointment of a hearing officer
  with authority to administer oaths and issue orders compelling the
  attendance of witnesses and the production of documents; and
               (3)  designate the department, agency, or office of the
  local authority responsible for the enforcement and administration
  of the ordinance or provide that the entity with which the local
  authority contracts under Section 707.003(a)(1) is responsible for
  the enforcement and administration of the ordinance.
         Sec. 707.010.  EFFECT ON OTHER ENFORCEMENT. (a)  The
  implementation of a photographic traffic signal enforcement system
  by a local authority under this chapter does not:
               (1)  preclude the application or enforcement in the
  local authority of Section 544.007(d) in the manner prescribed by
  Chapter 543; or
               (2)  prohibit a peace officer from arresting a violator
  of Section 544.007(d) as provided by Chapter 543, if the peace
  officer personally witnesses the violation, or from issuing the
  violator a citation and notice to appear as provided by that
  chapter.
         (b)  A local authority may not impose a civil penalty under
  this chapter on the owner of a motor vehicle if the operator of the
  vehicle was arrested or issued a citation and notice to appear by a
  peace officer for the same violation of Section 544.007(d) recorded
  by the photographic traffic signal enforcement system.
         Sec. 707.011.  NOTICE OF VIOLATION; CONTENTS. (a)  The
  imposition of a civil penalty under this chapter is initiated by the
  mailing of a notice of violation to the owner of the motor vehicle
  against whom the local authority seeks to impose the civil penalty.
         (b)  Not later than the 30th day after the date the violation
  is alleged to have occurred, the designated department, agency, or
  office of the local authority or the entity with which the local
  authority contracts under Section 707.003(a)(1) shall mail the
  notice of violation to the owner at:
               (1)  the owner's address as shown on the registration
  records of the Texas Department of Transportation; or
               (2)  if the vehicle is registered in another state or
  country, the owner's address as shown on the motor vehicle
  registration records of the department or agency of the other state
  or country analogous to the Texas Department of Transportation.
         (c)  The notice of violation must contain:
               (1)  a description of the violation alleged;
               (2)  the location of the intersection where the
  violation occurred;
               (3)  the date and time of the violation;
               (4)  the name and address of the owner of the vehicle
  involved in the violation;
               (5)  the registration number displayed on the license
  plate of the vehicle involved in the violation;
               (6)  a copy of a recorded image of the violation limited
  solely to a depiction of the area of the registration number
  displayed on the license plate of the vehicle involved in the
  violation;
               (7)  the amount of the civil penalty for which the owner
  is liable;
               (8)  the number of days the person has in which to pay
  or contest the imposition of the civil penalty and a statement that
  the person incurs a late payment penalty if the civil penalty is not
  paid or imposition of the penalty is not contested within that
  period;
               (9)  a statement that the owner of the vehicle in the
  notice of violation may elect to pay the civil penalty by mail sent
  to a specified address instead of appearing at the time and place of
  the administrative adjudication hearing; and
               (10)  information that informs the owner of the vehicle
  named in the notice of violation:
                     (A)  of the owner's right to contest the
  imposition of the civil penalty against the person in an
  administrative adjudication hearing;
                     (B)  that imposition of the civil penalty may be
  contested by submitting a written request for an administrative
  adjudication hearing before the expiration of the period specified
  under Subdivision (8); and
                     (C)  that failure to pay the civil penalty or to
  contest liability for the penalty in a timely manner is an admission
  of liability and a waiver of the owner's right to appeal the
  imposition of the civil penalty.
         (d)  A notice of violation is presumed to have been received
  on the fifth day after the date the notice is mailed.
         Sec. 707.012.  ADMISSION OF LIABILITY. A person who fails to
  pay the civil penalty or to contest liability for the penalty in a
  timely manner or who requests an administrative adjudication
  hearing to contest the imposition of the civil penalty against the
  person and fails to appear at that hearing is considered to:
               (1)  admit liability for the full amount of the civil
  penalty stated in the notice of violation mailed to the person; and
               (2)  waive the person's right to appeal the imposition
  of the civil penalty.
         Sec. 707.013.  PRESUMPTION. (a)  It is presumed that the
  owner of the motor vehicle committed the violation alleged in the
  notice of violation mailed to the person if the motor vehicle
  depicted in a photograph or digital image taken by a photographic
  traffic signal enforcement system belongs to the owner of the motor
  vehicle.
         (b)  If, at the time of the violation alleged in the notice of
  violation, the motor vehicle depicted in a photograph or digital
  image taken by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system was
  owned by a person in the business of selling, renting, or leasing
  motor vehicles or by a person who was not the person named in the
  notice of violation, the presumption under Subsection (a) is
  rebutted on the presentation of evidence establishing that the
  vehicle was at that time:
               (1)  being test driven by another person;
               (2)  being rented or leased by the vehicle's owner to
  another person; or
               (3)  owned by a person who was not the person named in
  the notice of violation.
         (c)  Notwithstanding Section 707.014, the presentation of
  evidence under Subsection (b) by a person who is in the business of
  selling, renting, or leasing motor vehicles or did not own the
  vehicle at the time of the violation must be made by affidavit,
  through testimony at the administrative adjudication hearing under
  Section 707.014, or by a written declaration under penalty of
  perjury.  The affidavit or written declaration may be submitted by
  mail to the local authority or the entity with which the local
  authority contracts under Section 707.003(a)(1).
         (d)  If the presumption established by Subsection (a) is
  rebutted under Subsection (b), a civil penalty may not be imposed on
  the owner of the vehicle or the person named in the notice of
  violation, as applicable.
         (e)  If, at the time of the violation alleged in the notice of
  violation, the motor vehicle depicted in the photograph or digital
  image taken by the photographic traffic signal enforcement system
  was owned by a person in the business of renting or leasing motor
  vehicles and the vehicle was being rented or leased to an
  individual, the owner of the motor vehicle shall provide to the
  local authority or the entity with which the local authority
  contracts under Section 707.003(a)(1) the name and address of the
  individual who was renting or leasing the motor vehicle depicted in
  the photograph or digital image and a statement of the period during
  which that individual was renting or leasing the vehicle. The owner
  shall provide the information required by this subsection not later
  than the 30th day after the date the notice of violation is
  received. If the owner provides the required information, it is
  presumed that the individual renting or leasing the motor vehicle
  committed the violation alleged in the notice of violation and the
  local authority or contractor may send a notice of violation to that
  individual at the address provided by the owner of the motor
  vehicle.
         Sec. 707.014.  ADMINISTRATIVE ADJUDICATION HEARING. (a)  A
  person who receives a notice of violation under this chapter may
  contest the imposition of the civil penalty specified in the notice
  of violation by filing a written request for an administrative
  adjudication hearing. The request for a hearing must be filed on or
  before the date specified in the notice of violation, which may not
  be earlier than the 30th day after the date the notice of violation
  was mailed.
         (b)  On receipt of a timely request for an administrative
  adjudication hearing, the local authority shall notify the person
  of the date and time of the hearing.
         (c)  A hearing officer designated by the governing body of
  the local authority shall conduct the administrative adjudication
  hearing.
         (d)  In an administrative adjudication hearing, the issues
  must be proven by a preponderance of the evidence.
         (e)  The reliability of the photographic traffic signal
  enforcement system used to produce the recorded image of the motor
  vehicle involved in the violation may be attested to by affidavit of
  an officer or employee of the local authority or of the entity with
  which the local authority contracts under Section 707.003(a)(1) who
  is responsible for inspecting and maintaining the system.
         (f)  An affidavit of an officer or employee of the local
  authority or entity that alleges a violation based on an inspection
  of the applicable recorded image is:
               (1)  admissible in the administrative adjudication
  hearing and in an appeal under Section 707.016; and
               (2)  evidence of the facts contained in the affidavit.
         (g)  At the conclusion of the administrative adjudication
  hearing, the hearing officer shall enter a finding of liability for
  the civil penalty or a finding of no liability for the civil
  penalty. A finding under this subsection must be in writing and be
  signed and dated by the hearing officer.
         (h)  A finding of liability for a civil penalty must specify
  the amount of the civil penalty for which the person is liable. If
  the hearing officer enters a finding of no liability, a civil
  penalty for the violation may not be imposed against the person.
         (i)  A finding of liability or a finding of no liability
  entered under this section may:
               (1)  be filed with the clerk or secretary of the local
  authority or with a person designated by the governing body of the
  local authority; and
               (2)  be recorded on microfilm or microfiche or using
  data processing techniques.
         Sec. 707.015.  UNTIMELY REQUEST FOR ADMINISTRATIVE
  ADJUDICATION HEARING. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
  chapter, a person who receives a notice of violation under this
  chapter and who fails to timely pay the amount of the civil penalty
  or fails to timely request an administrative adjudication hearing
  is entitled to an administrative adjudication hearing if:
               (1)  the person submits a written request for the
  hearing to the designated hearing officer, accompanied by an
  affidavit that attests to the date on which the person received the
  notice of violation; and
               (2)  the written request and affidavit are submitted to
  the hearing officer within the same number of days after the date
  the person received the notice of violation as specified under
  Section 707.011(c)(8).
         Sec. 707.016.  APPEAL. (a)  The owner of a motor vehicle
  determined by a hearing officer to be liable for a civil penalty may
  appeal that determination to a judge by filing an appeal petition
  with the clerk of the court.  The petition must be filed with:
               (1)  a justice court of the county in which the local
  authority is located; or
               (2)  if the local authority is a municipality, the
  municipal court of the municipality.
         (b)  The petition must be:
               (1)  filed before the 31st day after the date on which
  the administrative adjudication hearing officer entered the
  finding of liability for the civil penalty; and
               (2)  accompanied by payment of the costs required by
  law for the court.
         (c)  The court clerk shall schedule a hearing and notify the
  owner of the motor vehicle and the appropriate department, agency,
  or office of the local authority of the date, time, and place of the
  hearing.
         (d)  An appeal stays enforcement and collection of the civil
  penalty imposed against the owner of the motor vehicle.  The owner
  shall file a notarized statement of personal financial obligation
  to perfect the owner's appeal.
         (e)  An appeal under this section shall be determined by the
  court by trial de novo.
         Sec. 707.017.  ENFORCEMENT.  If the owner of a motor vehicle
  is delinquent in the payment of a civil penalty imposed under this
  chapter, the county assessor-collector or the Texas Department of
  Transportation may refuse to register a motor vehicle alleged to
  have been involved in the violation.
         Sec. 707.018.  IMPOSITION OF CIVIL PENALTY NOT A CONVICTION.  
  The imposition of a civil penalty under this chapter is not a
  conviction and may not be considered a conviction for any purpose.
         Sec. 707.019.  FAILURE TO PAY CIVIL PENALTY.  (a)  If the
  owner of the motor vehicle fails to timely pay the amount of the
  civil penalty imposed against the owner:
               (1)  an arrest warrant may not be issued for the owner;
  and
               (2)  the imposition of the civil penalty may not be
  recorded on the owner's driving record.
         (b)  Notice of Subsection (a) must be included in the notice
  of violation required by Section 707.011(c).
         SECTION 2.  Subsection (a), Section 27.031, Government Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  In addition to the jurisdiction and powers provided by
  the constitution and other law, the justice court has original
  jurisdiction of:
               (1)  civil matters in which exclusive jurisdiction is
  not in the district or county court and in which the amount in
  controversy is not more than $5,000, exclusive of interest;
               (2)  cases of forcible entry and detainer; [and]
               (3)  foreclosure of mortgages and enforcement of liens
  on personal property in cases in which the amount in controversy is
  otherwise within the justice court's jurisdiction; and
               (4)  cases arising under Chapter 707, Transportation
  Code, outside a municipality's territorial limits.
         SECTION 3.  Section 29.003, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
         (g)  A municipal court, including a municipal court of
  record, shall have exclusive appellate jurisdiction within the
  municipality's territorial limits in a case arising under Chapter
  707, Transportation Code.
         SECTION 4.  Section 133.004, Local Government Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 133.004.  CIVIL FEES. This chapter applies to the
  following civil fees:
               (1)  the consolidated fee on filing in district court
  imposed under Section 133.151;
               (2)  the filing fee in district court for basic civil
  legal services for indigents imposed under Section 133.152;
               (3)  the filing fee in courts other than district court
  for basic civil legal services for indigents imposed under Section
  133.153;
               (4)  the filing fees for the judicial fund imposed in
  certain statutory county courts under Section 51.702, Government
  Code;
               (5)  the filing fees for the judicial fund imposed in
  certain county courts under Section 51.703, Government Code;
               (6)  the filing fees for the judicial fund imposed in
  certain statutory probate courts under Section 51.704, Government
  Code;
               (7)  fees collected under Section 118.015;
               (8)  marriage license fees for the family trust fund
  collected under Section 118.018;
               (9)  marriage license or declaration of informal
  marriage fees for the child abuse and neglect prevention trust fund
  account collected under Section 118.022; [and]
               (10)  the filing fee for the judicial fund imposed in
  district court, statutory county court, and county court under
  Section 133.154; and
               (11)  the portion of the civil or administrative
  penalty described by Section 707.008(a)(1), Transportation Code,
  imposed by a local authority to enforce compliance with the
  instructions of a traffic-control signal.
         SECTION 5.  Subtitle B, Title 9, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Chapter 782 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 782.  REGIONAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
         Sec. 782.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
               (1)  "Commission" means the Health and Human Services
  Commission.
               (2)  "Commissioner" means the executive commissioner
  of the Health and Human Services Commission.
         Sec. 782.002.  REGIONAL TRAUMA ACCOUNT.  (a)  The regional
  trauma account is created as a dedicated account in the general
  revenue fund of the state treasury. Money in the account may be
  appropriated only to the commission to make distributions as
  provided by Section 782.003.
         (b)  The account is composed of money deposited to the credit
  of the account under Section 707.008, Transportation Code, and the
  earnings of the account.
         (c)  Sections 403.095 and 404.071, Government Code, do not
  apply to the account.
         Sec. 782.003.  PAYMENTS FROM THE REGIONAL TRAUMA ACCOUNT.  
  (a)  The commissioner shall use money appropriated from the
  regional trauma account established under Section 782.002 to fund
  uncompensated care of designated trauma facilities and county and
  regional emergency medical services located in the area served by
  the trauma service area regional advisory council that serves the
  local authority submitting money under Section 707.008,
  Transportation Code.
         (b)  In any fiscal year, the commissioner shall use:
               (1)  96 percent of the money appropriated from the
  account to fund a portion of the uncompensated trauma care provided
  at facilities designated as state trauma facilities by the
  Department of State Health Services;
               (2)  two percent of the money appropriated from the
  account for county and regional emergency medical services;
               (3)  one percent of the money appropriated from the
  account for distribution to the 22 trauma service area regional
  advisory councils; and
               (4)  one percent of the money appropriated from the
  account to fund administrative costs of the commission.
         (c)  The money under Subsection (b) shall be distributed in
  proportion to the amount deposited to the account from the local
  authority.
         SECTION 6.  Section 707.008, Transportation Code, as added
  by this Act, and Section 782.002, Health and Safety Code, as added
  by this Act, apply 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 Act, regardless of whether
  the penalty was imposed before, on, or after the effective date of
  this Act.
         SECTION 7.  Not later than December 1, 2007, the executive
  commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission shall
  adopt rules to implement Chapter 782, Health and Safety Code, as
  added by this Act.
         SECTION 8.  The reporting and publication requirements
  imposed by Section 707.004, Transportation Code, as added by this
  Act, apply only to a year beginning on or after January 1, 2008.
         SECTION 9.  Section 707.003, Transportation Code, as added
  by this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 10.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1119 passed the Senate on
  April 3, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays 2;
  May 24, 2007, Senate refused to concur in House amendments and
  requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 26, 2007, House
  granted request of the Senate; May 27, 2007, Senate adopted
  Conference Committee Report by the following vote:  Yeas 28,
  Nays 2.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1119 passed the House, with
  amendments, on May 16, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 136,
  Nays 12, two present not voting; May 26, 2007, House granted
  request of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee;
  May 27, 2007, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the
  following vote:  Yeas 125, Nays 18, two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
             Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor