89R615 CXP-F
By: Campbell S.B. No. 744
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the enforcement of the prohibition on passing a school
bus using images and video from a school bus infraction detection
system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 707.001, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subdivision (4-a) to read as follows:
(4-a) "School bus infraction detection system" means a
camera system affixed to a school bus with two or more camera
sensors or computers that produce a recorded video and two or more
film or digital photographic still images for the purpose of
detecting violations described by Section 545.066.
SECTION 2. Section 707.020, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by
Subsection (a-1), a local authority may not implement or operate a
photographic traffic signal enforcement system with respect to a
highway or street under the jurisdiction of the authority.
(a-1) This section does not apply to a school bus infraction
detection system installed and operated by a school district or
open-enrollment charter school in this state.
SECTION 3. Section 707.021, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 707.021. USE OF EVIDENCE FROM PHOTOGRAPHIC TRAFFIC
SIGNAL ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM PROHIBITED. (a) Notwithstanding any
other law and except as provided by Subsection (b), a local
authority may not issue a civil or criminal charge or citation for
an offense or violation based on a recorded image produced by a
photographic traffic signal enforcement system.
(b) This section does not apply to the issuance by a
municipality, county, school district, or open-enrollment charter
school of a civil or criminal charge or citation, as applicable, for
a violation described by Section 545.066 based on the use of
recorded image-based evidence collected from a school bus
infraction detection system installed and operated by a school
district or open-enrollment charter school in this state.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.