85R189 AJZ-D
By: Huffines S.B. No. 1282
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibiting the use of automated traffic control
systems.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 542.2035, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 542.2035. AUTOMATED TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM PROHIBITED
[LIMITATION ON MUNICIPALITIES].
SECTION 2. Section 542.2035(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, this state, a local
authority, a school district, a governmental agency that provides
services to a school district, or an intermediate education agency
[A municipality] may not implement or operate an automated traffic
control system with respect to a highway or street under its
jurisdiction for the purpose of enforcing compliance with posted
speed limits. The attorney general shall enforce this subsection.
SECTION 3. (a) Notwithstanding the changes in law made by
this Act to Section 542.2035, Transportation Code, if before June
1, 2017, this state, a local authority, a school district, a
governmental agency that provides services to a school district, or
an intermediate education agency had enacted an order, ordinance,
or rule to implement an automated traffic control system and
entered into a contract for the administration and enforcement of
the system, the entity may continue to operate the system under that
order, ordinance, or rule and under the terms of that contract until
the expiration date specified in the contract as the contract
existed on June 1, 2017.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a
contract for the administration and enforcement of an automated
traffic control system before June 1, 2017, that explicitly
authorizes termination of the contract on the basis of adverse
state legislation.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.