85R4315 AJZ-D
By: Bohac H.B. No. 732
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the content of photographic traffic monitoring system
signs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 544.012, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) 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 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, be easily readable to any
operator approaching the intersection, and clearly indicate:
(1) the presence of a photographic traffic monitoring
system that records violations that may result in the issuance of a
notice of violation and the imposition of a monetary penalty; and
(2) the range of the dollar amounts of the monetary
penalties that may be imposed for a violation recorded by a
photographic traffic monitoring system.
(c-1) A municipality is exempt from the requirements of
Subsection (c)(2) if before September 1, 2017, the municipality has
installed a sign:
(1) along each roadway leading to an intersection at
which a photographic traffic monitoring system is in active use;
and
(2) indicating the amount of a monetary penalty that
may be imposed for a violation recorded by the system.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.