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  81R11015 ACP-D
 
  By: Madden H.B. No. 3912
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the enforcement of the change interval for a yellow
  signal at certain intersections.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 707.005, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 707.005.  MINIMUM CHANGE INTERVAL.  (a) At an
  intersection at which a photographic traffic monitoring system is
  in use, the minimum change interval for a steady yellow signal must
  be established in accordance with the Texas Manual on Uniform
  Traffic Control Devices.
         (b)  The attorney general shall enforce this section.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it 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
  Act takes effect September 1, 2009.