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| 1 | 1 | By: Mallory Caraway H.B. No. 4240 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the authority of the governing body of a local authority | |
| 7 | 7 | to impose a civil penalty for certain violations recorded by a | |
| 8 | 8 | photographic traffic signal enforcement system. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 707.002, Transportation Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 707.002. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FOR CIVIL PENALTY. (a) | |
| 13 | 13 | The governing body of a local authority by ordinance may implement a | |
| 14 | 14 | photographic traffic signal enforcement system and except as | |
| 15 | 15 | provided by Subsection (b), provide that the owner of a motor | |
| 16 | 16 | vehicle is liable to the local authority for a civil penalty if, | |
| 17 | 17 | while facing only a steady red signal displayed by an electrically | |
| 18 | 18 | operated traffic-control signal located in the local authority, the | |
| 19 | 19 | vehicle is operated in violation of the instructions of that | |
| 20 | 20 | traffic-control signal, as specified by Section 544.007(d). | |
| 21 | 21 | (b) An ordinance adopted under Subsection (a) may not | |
| 22 | 22 | provide for the imposition of a civil penalty if the vehicle was | |
| 23 | 23 | turning right or left at an intersection and failed to stop at a | |
| 24 | 24 | stop line or before entering the crosswalk on the near side of the | |
| 25 | 25 | intersection. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |