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Amend CSHB 300 by adding the following ARTICLE, appropriately 
numbered, to the bill and renumbering subsequent ARTICLES of the 
bill accordingly:

ARTICLE ___.  PHOTOGRAPHIC TRAFFIC SIGNAL ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS
	SECTION ___.01.  (a)  Subchapter D, Chapter 201, 
Transportation Code, is amended by adding Section 201.215 to read 
as follows:
	Sec. 201.215.  DEPARTMENT APPROVAL.  (a)  The department has 
jurisdiction regarding photographic traffic signal enforcement 
systems in this state and shall adopt rules regarding photographic 
traffic signal enforcement systems, including:
		(1)  the specifications for the systems;                               
		(2)  the identification of intersections where a  
system may be installed; and
		(3)  the operation and maintenance of the systems.                     
	(b)  The department may not approve the implementation or 
operation of a photographic traffic signal enforcement system that 
was not in operation on June 1, 2009, or for which a contract for the 
administration or enforcement of the system had not been entered 
into by a local authority on or before that date.
	(c)  A local authority may not enter into a contract for the 
administration or enforcement of a photographic traffic signal 
enforcement system after June 1, 2009.  A contract for the 
administration or enforcement of such a system entered into by a 
local authority on or before June 1, 2009, may not be renewed or the 
term of the contract extended.
	(d)  The department by rule shall require that the change 
interval in a light equipped with a photographic traffic signal 
enforcement system must be at least one second longer than the 
minimum change interval established in accordance with the Texas 
Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
	(b)  This subsection and Subsection (a) of this section take 
effect immediately if this Act 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 subsection and Subsection 
(a) of this section take effect September 1, 2009.