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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring flashing lights to be posted before an |
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intersection at which a photographic system is used to enforce |
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compliance with traffic-control signals. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 544.012(c), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The municipality shall install signs along each roadway |
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that leads to an intersection at which a photographic traffic |
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monitoring system is in active use. Each sign [The signs] must: |
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(1) be located at least 100 feet but not more than 750 |
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feet from the intersection in accordance with the [or located
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according to] standards established in the manual adopted by the |
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Texas Transportation Commission under Section 544.001; |
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(2) [,] be easily readable to any operator approaching |
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the intersection; |
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(3) have affixed a flashing yellow circular beacon; |
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(4) [, and] clearly indicate the presence of a |
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photographic monitoring system that records violations that may |
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result in the issuance of a notice of violation and the imposition |
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of a monetary penalty; and |
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(5) comply with design and size requirements |
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established by the Texas Department of Transportation. |
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SECTION 2. Section 707.003(g), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(g) The local authority shall install signs along each |
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roadway that leads to an intersection at which a photographic |
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traffic signal enforcement system is in active use. Each sign [The
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signs] must: |
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(1) be located at least 100 feet but not more than 750 |
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feet from the intersection in accordance with the [or located
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according to] standards established in the manual adopted by the |
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Texas Transportation Commission under Section 544.001; |
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(2) [,] be easily readable to any operator approaching |
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the intersection; |
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(3) have affixed a flashing yellow circular beacon; |
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(4) [, and] clearly indicate the presence of a |
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photographic traffic signal enforcement [photographic monitoring] |
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system that records violations that may result in the issuance of a |
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notice of violation and the imposition of a monetary penalty; and |
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(5) comply with design and size requirements |
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established by the Texas Department of Transportation. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The changes in law made by this Act apply |
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only to a sign that indicates the presence of a photographic |
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monitoring system or a photographic traffic signal enforcement |
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system and is installed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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(b) A municipality or a local authority, as defined by |
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Section 541.002, Transportation Code, shall ensure that a sign that |
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indicates the presence of a photographic monitoring system or a |
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photographic traffic signal enforcement system and was installed by |
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the municipality or local authority before the effective date of |
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this Act complies with this Act not later than September 1, 2010. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |