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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to traffic engineering studies on photographic traffic |
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signal enforcement systems. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 707.003, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (d-1) and amending Subsections (e) and (f) to |
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read as follows: |
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(d-1) At least once every five years after installing a |
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photographic traffic signal enforcement system at an intersection |
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approach, the local authority shall: |
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(1) contract with an independent engineering firm to |
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conduct a traffic engineering study of the approach to determine |
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whether, in addition to or as an alternative to the system, a design |
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change to the approach or a change in the signalization of the |
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intersection is likely to reduce the number of red light violations |
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at the intersection; and |
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(2) report the results of the study as required by |
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Subsection (e). |
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(e) A local authority shall report results of the traffic |
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engineering study required by Subsection (c) or (d-1) to a citizen |
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advisory committee consisting of one person appointed by each |
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member of the governing body of the local authority. The committee |
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shall advise the local authority on the installation and operation |
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of a photographic traffic signal enforcement system established |
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under this chapter. |
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(f) A local authority may not impose a civil penalty under |
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this chapter on the owner of a motor vehicle if the local authority |
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violates Subsection (b) |
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, [or] (c), or (d-1). |
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SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 707.003(d-1), |
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Transportation Code, as added by this Act, a local authority is not |
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required to comply with that section for a photographic traffic |
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signal enforcement system installed before September 1, 2015, until |
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September 1, 2020. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |