| 1 | 1 | | 83R9945 AJZ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Elkins H.B. No. 2420 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the authority of a local government to impose a civil |
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| 8 | 8 | | penalty for certain failures to obey a traffic-control signal. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 707.002, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 707.002. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FOR CIVIL PENALTY. (a) |
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| 13 | 13 | | Except as provided by Subsection (b), the [The] governing body of a |
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| 14 | 14 | | local authority by ordinance may implement a photographic traffic |
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| 15 | 15 | | signal enforcement system and provide that the owner of a motor |
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| 16 | 16 | | vehicle is liable to the local authority for a civil penalty if, |
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| 17 | 17 | | while facing only a steady red signal displayed by an electrically |
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| 18 | 18 | | operated traffic-control signal located in the local authority, the |
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| 19 | 19 | | vehicle is operated in violation of the instructions of that |
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| 20 | 20 | | traffic-control signal, as specified by Section 544.007(d). |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) An ordinance implemented by a local authority under this |
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| 22 | 22 | | chapter may not impose a civil penalty on the owner of a motor |
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| 23 | 23 | | vehicle that is turning right at an intersection. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 25 | 25 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 26 | 26 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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