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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to approval by the Texas Department of Transportation of |
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the installation of certain photographic traffic signal systems. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 707, Transportation Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 707.0035 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 707.0035. DEPARTMENT APPROVAL. A local authority may |
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not install a photographic traffic signal enforcement system at an |
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intersection approach located on a state highway under the |
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jurisdiction of the Texas Department of Transportation unless the |
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department, after notice and a public hearing, approves the |
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installation of the system. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |