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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, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as |
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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 traffic 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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(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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(c-1) A municipality is exempt from the requirements of |
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Subsection (c)(2) if before September 1, 2015, the municipality has |
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installed a sign: |
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(1) along each roadway leading to an intersection at |
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which a photographic traffic monitoring system is in active use; |
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and |
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(2) indicating the amount of a monetary penalty that |
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may be imposed for a violation recorded by the system. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |