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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the enforcement of the prohibition on passing a school |
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bus using images and video from a school bus infraction detection |
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system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 707.001, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subdivision (4-a) to read as follows: |
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(4-a) "School bus infraction detection system" means a |
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camera system affixed to a school bus with two or more camera |
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sensors or computers that produce a recorded video and two or more |
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film or digital photographic still images for the purpose of |
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detecting violations described by Section 545.066. |
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SECTION 2. Section 707.020, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by |
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Subsection (a-1), a local authority may not implement or operate a |
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photographic traffic signal enforcement system with respect to a |
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highway or street under the jurisdiction of the authority. |
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(a-1) This section does not apply to a school bus infraction |
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detection system installed and operated by a school district or |
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open-enrollment charter school in this state. |
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SECTION 3. Section 707.021, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 707.021. USE OF EVIDENCE FROM PHOTOGRAPHIC TRAFFIC |
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SIGNAL ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM PROHIBITED. (a) Notwithstanding any |
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other law and except as provided by Subsection (b), a local |
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authority may not issue a civil or criminal charge or citation for |
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an offense or violation based on a recorded image produced by a |
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photographic traffic signal enforcement system. |
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(b) This section does not apply to the issuance by a |
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municipality, county, school district, or open-enrollment charter |
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school of a civil or criminal charge or citation, as applicable, for |
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a violation described by Section 545.066 based on the use of |
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recorded image-based evidence collected from a school bus |
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infraction detection system installed and operated by a school |
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district or open-enrollment charter school in this state. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |