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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the content of photographic traffic monitoring system |
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signs. |
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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 be at least 100 |
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feet from the intersection or located according to standards |
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established in the manual adopted by the Texas Transportation |
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Commission under Section 544.001, be easily readable to any |
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operator approaching the intersection, and clearly indicate: |
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(1) the presence of a photographic monitoring system |
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that records violations that may result in the issuance of a notice |
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of violation and the imposition of a monetary penalty; and |
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(2) the range of the dollar amounts of the monetary |
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penalties that may be imposed for a violation recorded by a |
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photographic traffic monitoring system. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |