86R4594 AJZ-D
 
  By: Bohac H.B. No. 1027
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the content of photographic traffic monitoring system
  signs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 544.012, Transportation Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
  follows:
         (c)  The municipality shall install signs along each roadway
  that leads to an intersection at which a photographic traffic
  monitoring system is in active use.  The signs must be at least 100
  feet from the intersection or located according to standards
  established in the manual adopted by the Texas Transportation
  Commission under Section 544.001, be easily readable to any
  operator approaching the intersection, and clearly indicate:
               (1)  the presence of a photographic traffic monitoring
  system that records violations that may result in the issuance of a
  notice of violation and the imposition of a monetary penalty; and
               (2)  the range of the dollar amounts of the monetary
  penalties that may be imposed for a violation recorded by a
  photographic traffic monitoring system.
         (c-1)  A municipality is exempt from the requirements of
  Subsection (c)(2) if before September 1, 2019, the municipality
  installed a sign:
               (1)  along each roadway leading to an intersection at
  which a photographic traffic monitoring system is in active use;
  and
               (2)  indicating the amount of a monetary penalty that
  may be imposed for a violation recorded by the system.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.