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Amend CSSB 88 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike amended Section 707.001(3), Transportation Code (page 1, lines 30-53), and substitute the following:
(3) "Photographic traffic signal enforcement system" means a device or system that [:
[(A)] consists of:
(A) a camera system and vehicle sensor that are:
(i) installed to exclusively work in conjunction with an electrically operated traffic-control signal; and
(ii) [(B) is] capable of producing [at least two] recorded images that depict the operator of a motor vehicle or the license plate attached to the front or the rear of a motor vehicle that is not being operated in compliance with the instructions of the traffic-control signal; or
(B) a radar unit or sensor linked to:
(i) a camera or other recording device that is capable of producing a photograph, microphotograph, videotape, or other recorded image of the operator of a motor vehicle or the license plate attached to the front or the rear of a motor vehicle; or
(ii) a device that is capable of reading a license plate attached to the front or the rear of a motor vehicle or otherwise identifying a motor vehicle.
(2) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in the recital (page 1, line 58), strike "adding Sections 707.0015 and 707.0016" and substitute "adding Sections 707.0015, 707.0016, and 707.0017".
(3) In SECTION 3 of the bill, following added Section 707.0016, Transportation Code (page 2, between lines 9 and 10), insert the following:
Sec. 707.0017. SCHOOL BUS USE EXCEPTED. This chapter does not apply to a photographic traffic signal enforcement system that is capable of taking photographic, electronic, video, or digital images of vehicles that pass a school bus if:
(1) the system is used only for the prosecution of a criminal offense; and
(2) a person who is cited for a criminal offense as a result of evidence obtained by the system is authorized to contest the citation in court.
(4) In SECTION 4 of the bill, in added Section 707.020, Transportation Code (page 2, line 14), strike "Sections 707.0015 and 707.0016," and substitute "Sections 707.0015, 707.0016, and 707.0017,".
(5) In SECTION 4 of the bill, in added Section 707.021, Transportation Code (page 2, line 24), strike "Sections 707.0015 and 707.0016," and substitute "Sections 707.0015, 707.0016, and 707.0017,".