| 1 | 1 | | 85R189 AJZ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Huffines S.B. No. 1282 |
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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 prohibiting the use of automated traffic control |
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| 8 | 8 | | systems. |
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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. The heading to Section 542.2035, Transportation |
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| 11 | 11 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 542.2035. AUTOMATED TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM PROHIBITED |
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| 13 | 13 | | [LIMITATION ON MUNICIPALITIES]. |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 2. Section 542.2035(a), Transportation Code, is |
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| 15 | 15 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (a) Notwithstanding any other law, this state, a local |
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| 17 | 17 | | authority, a school district, a governmental agency that provides |
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| 18 | 18 | | services to a school district, or an intermediate education agency |
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| 19 | 19 | | [A municipality] may not implement or operate an automated traffic |
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| 20 | 20 | | control system with respect to a highway or street under its |
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| 21 | 21 | | jurisdiction for the purpose of enforcing compliance with posted |
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| 22 | 22 | | speed limits. The attorney general shall enforce this subsection. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 3. (a) Notwithstanding the changes in law made by |
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| 24 | 24 | | this Act to Section 542.2035, Transportation Code, if before June |
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| 25 | 25 | | 1, 2017, this state, a local authority, a school district, a |
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| 26 | 26 | | governmental agency that provides services to a school district, or |
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| 27 | 27 | | an intermediate education agency had enacted an order, ordinance, |
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| 28 | 28 | | or rule to implement an automated traffic control system and |
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| 29 | 29 | | entered into a contract for the administration and enforcement of |
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| 30 | 30 | | the system, the entity may continue to operate the system under that |
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| 31 | 31 | | order, ordinance, or rule and under the terms of that contract until |
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| 32 | 32 | | the expiration date specified in the contract as the contract |
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| 33 | 33 | | existed on June 1, 2017. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a |
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| 35 | 35 | | contract for the administration and enforcement of an automated |
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| 36 | 36 | | traffic control system before June 1, 2017, that explicitly |
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| 37 | 37 | | authorizes termination of the contract on the basis of adverse |
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| 38 | 38 | | state legislation. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 40 | 40 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 41 | 41 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 42 | 42 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 43 | 43 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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