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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of automated traffic control systems by certain |
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municipalities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 542.2035, Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 542.2035. LIMITATION ON MUNICIPALITIES. (a) Except |
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as provided by Subsection (a-1), a [A] municipality may not |
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implement or operate an automated traffic control system with |
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respect to a highway or street under its jurisdiction for the |
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purpose of enforcing compliance with posted speed limits. The |
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attorney general shall enforce this subsection. |
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(a-1) A municipality with a population of two million or |
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more may implement or operate an automated traffic control system |
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with respect to a highway or street under its jurisdiction for the |
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purpose of enforcing compliance with posted speed limits in a |
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school crossing zone. |
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(b) In this section: |
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(1) [,] "Automated [automated] traffic control |
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system" means a photographic device, radar device, laser device, or |
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other electrical or mechanical device designed to: |
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(A) [(1)] record the speed of a motor vehicle; |
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and |
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(B) [(2)] obtain one or more photographs or other |
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recorded images of: |
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(i) [(A)] the vehicle; |
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(ii) [(B)] the license plate attached to |
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the vehicle; or |
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(iii) [(C)] the operator of the vehicle. |
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(2) "School crossing zone" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 541.302. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 707, Transportation Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 707.022 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 707.022. MUNICIPAL SCHOOL CROSSING ZONE EXCEPTION. |
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This chapter does not apply to an automated traffic control system, |
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as defined by Section 542.2035, that is authorized by Section |
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542.2035(a-1). |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |