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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. The signs must: |
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(1) be at least 100 feet from the intersection or |
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located according to standards established in the manual adopted by |
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the 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 yellow or amber flashing caution |
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lights; [,] and |
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(4) clearly indicate the presence of a photographic |
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monitoring system that records violations that may result in the |
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issuance of a notice of violation and the imposition of a monetary |
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penalty. |
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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. The signs |
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must: |
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(1) be at least 100 feet from the intersection or |
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located according to standards established in the manual adopted by |
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the 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 yellow or amber flashing caution |
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lights; [,] and |
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(4) clearly indicate the presence of a photographic |
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monitoring system that records violations that may result in the |
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issuance of a notice of violation and the imposition of a monetary |
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penalty. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |