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1	1	82R90 ACP-F
2	2	By: Callegari H.B. No. 1365
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to requiring flashing lights to be posted before an
8	8	intersection at which a photographic system is used to enforce
9	9	compliance with traffic-control signals.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 544.012(c), Transportation Code, is
12	12	amended to read as follows:
13	13	(c) The municipality shall install signs along each roadway
14	14	that leads to an intersection at which a photographic traffic
15	15	monitoring system is in active use. Each sign [The signs] must:
16	16	(1) be located at least 100 feet but not more than 750
17	17	feet from the intersection in accordance with the [or located
18	18	according to] standards established in the manual adopted by the
19	19	Texas Transportation Commission under Section 544.001;
20	20	(2) [,] be easily readable to any operator approaching
21	21	the intersection;
22	22	(3) have affixed a flashing yellow circular beacon;
23	23	(4) [, and] clearly indicate the presence of a
24	24	photographic monitoring system that records violations that may
25	25	result in the issuance of a notice of violation and the imposition
26	26	of a monetary penalty; and
27	27	(5) comply with design and size requirements
28	28	established by the Texas Department of Transportation.
29	29	SECTION 2. Section 707.003(g), Transportation Code, is
30	30	amended to read as follows:
31	31	(g) The local authority shall install signs along each
32	32	roadway that leads to an intersection at which a photographic
33	33	traffic signal enforcement system is in active use. Each sign [The
34	34	signs] must:
35	35	(1) be located at least 100 feet but not more than 750
36	36	feet from the intersection in accordance with the [or located
37	37	according to] standards established in the manual adopted by the
38	38	Texas Transportation Commission under Section 544.001;
39	39	(2) [,] be easily readable to any operator approaching
40	40	the intersection;
41	41	(3) have affixed a flashing yellow circular beacon;
42	42	(4) [, and] clearly indicate the presence of a
43	43	photographic traffic signal enforcement [photographic monitoring]
44	44	system that records violations that may result in the issuance of a
45	45	notice of violation and the imposition of a monetary penalty; and
46	46	(5) comply with design and size requirements
47	47	established by the Texas Department of Transportation.
48	48	SECTION 3. (a) The changes in law made by this Act apply
49	49	only to a sign that indicates the presence of a photographic
50	50	monitoring system or a photographic traffic signal enforcement
51	51	system and is installed on or after the effective date of this Act.
52	52	(b) A municipality or a local authority, as defined by
53	53	Section 541.002, Transportation Code, shall ensure that a sign that
54	54	indicates the presence of a photographic monitoring system or a
55	55	photographic traffic signal enforcement system and was installed by
56	56	the municipality or local authority before the effective date of
57	57	this Act complies with this Act not later than September 1, 2012.
58	58	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.