Amend HB 1631 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Notwithstanding any provision of this Act to the contrary, including Section 707.020, Transportation Code, as added by this Act, a local authority, as defined by Section 541.002, Transportation Code, may operate a photographic traffic signal enforcement system and impose civil or administrative penalties for violations detected using the system if the operation of the system is approved by a majority of voters of the local authority voting at an election on the issue. The implementation of a photographic traffic signal enforcement system authorized under this section and any proceeding initiated or civil or administrative penalty imposed under this section are governed by Sections 542.405 and 542.406, Transportation Code, and Chapter 707, Transportation Code, as those provisions existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.