Amend CSSB 2060 (Senate committee printing) by striking all
below the enacting clause and substituting the following:
SECTION 1. Section 542.2035, Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 542.2035. AUTOMATED TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
PROHIBITED [LIMITATION ON MUNICIPALITIES]. (a) A local authority
[municipality] may not implement or operate an automated traffic
control system with respect to a highway or street under its
jurisdiction [for the purpose of enforcing compliance with posted
speed limits]. The attorney general shall enforce this subsection.
(b) In this section, "automated traffic control system"
means a system consisting of a photographic device, radar device,
laser device, or other electrical or mechanical device that
[designed to]:
(1) is capable of producing one or more recorded
photographic or digital images depicting the license plate attached
to the front or rear of a motor vehicle that is not operated in
compliance with a posted speed limit or the instructions of a
traffic-control signal; and
(2) is used by the local authority to enforce
compliance with a posted speed limit or the instructions of a
traffic-control signal by imposition of a civil or administrative
penalty against the owner or operator of the motor vehicle [record
the speed of a motor vehicle; and
[(2) obtain one or more photographs or other recorded
images of:
[(A) the vehicle;
[(B) the license plate attached to the vehicle;
or
[(C) the operator of the vehicle].
SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 542, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 542.2036 to read as follows:
Sec. 542.2036. SCHOOL BUS MONITORING SYSTEMS PROHIBITED.
(a) A local authority or school district may not implement or
operate a school bus monitoring system. The attorney general shall
enforce this subsection.
(b) In this section, "school bus monitoring system" means a
system consisting of a camera or other electrical or mechanical
device that:
(1) is capable of producing one or more photographic,
electronic, video, or digital images of vehicles that pass a school
bus when the bus is operating a visual signal as required by Section
547.701; and
(2) is used by a local authority or school district to
enforce compliance with Section 545.066 by the imposition of a
civil or administrative penalty against the owner or operator of
the motor vehicle.
SECTION 3. Section 27.031(a), 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 $10,000, 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 4. Section 133.004, Local Government Code, as
amended by Chapters 718 (H.B. 2359), 1027 (H.B. 1623), and 1149
(S.B. 1119), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007,
is reenacted and 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
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 542.406(c)(1), Transportation Code,
imposed by a local authority to enforce compliance with the
instructions of a traffic-control signal;
[(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. The following are repealed:
(1) Section 29.003(g), Government Code;
(2) Chapter 782, Health and Safety Code;
(3) Sections 542.202(b)(3), 542.405, and 542.406,
Transportation Code; and
(4) Chapter 707, Transportation Code.
SECTION 6. (a) The repeal by this Act of Chapter 707,
Transportation Code, does not affect the validity of a proceeding
initiated or a civil penalty imposed under that chapter before the
effective date of this Act. A proceeding initiated or a civil
penalty imposed under Chapter 707 of that code before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the applicable law in effect before
the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
(b) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of Chapter 707,
Transportation Code, if before June 1, 2009, a local authority had
enacted an ordinance under former Section 707.002 of that chapter
to implement a photographic traffic signal enforcement system and
entered into a contract for the administration and enforcement of
the system, the local authority may continue to operate the system
under that ordinance and under the terms of that contract until the
expiration date specified in the contract as the contract existed
on June 1, 2009.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.