81R4424 ACP-D
By: Callegari H.B. No. 1254
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring flashing lights to be posted before an
intersection at which a photographic system is used to enforce
compliance with traffic-control signals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 544.012(c), Transportation Code, is
amended 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:
(1) 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;
(2) [,] be easily readable to any operator approaching
the intersection;
(3) have affixed yellow or amber flashing caution
lights; [,] and
(4) clearly indicate the presence of a photographic
monitoring system that records violations that may result in the
issuance of a notice of violation and the imposition of a monetary
penalty.
SECTION 2. Section 707.003(g), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(g) The local authority shall install signs along each
roadway that leads to an intersection at which a photographic
traffic signal enforcement system is in active use. The signs
must:
(1) 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;
(2) [,] be easily readable to any operator approaching
the intersection;
(3) have affixed yellow or amber flashing caution
lights; [,] and
(4) clearly indicate the presence of a photographic
monitoring system that records violations that may result in the
issuance of a notice of violation and the imposition of a monetary
penalty.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.