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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting the use of automated traffic control |
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systems. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 542.2035, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 542.2035. AUTOMATED TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM PROHIBITED |
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[LIMITATION ON MUNICIPALITIES]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 542.2035(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, this state, a local |
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authority, a school district, a governmental agency that provides |
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services to a school district, or an intermediate education agency |
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[A municipality] may not implement or operate an automated traffic |
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control system with respect to a highway or street under its |
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jurisdiction for the purpose of enforcing compliance with posted |
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speed limits. The attorney general shall enforce this subsection. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Notwithstanding the changes in law made by |
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this Act to Section 542.2035, Transportation Code, if before June |
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1, 2017, this state, a local authority, a school district, a |
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governmental agency that provides services to a school district, or |
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an intermediate education agency had enacted an order, ordinance, |
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or rule to implement an automated traffic control system and |
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entered into a contract for the administration and enforcement of |
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the system, the entity may continue to operate the system under that |
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order, ordinance, or rule and under the terms of that contract until |
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the expiration date specified in the contract as the contract |
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existed on June 1, 2017. |
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(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a |
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contract for the administration and enforcement of an automated |
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traffic control system before June 1, 2017, that explicitly |
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authorizes termination of the contract on the basis of adverse |
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state legislation. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |