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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a local government to impose a civil |
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penalty for certain failures to obey a traffic-control signal. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 707.002, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 707.002. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FOR CIVIL PENALTY. (a) |
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Except as provided by Subsection (b), the [The] governing body of a |
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local authority by ordinance may implement a photographic traffic |
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signal enforcement system and provide that the owner of a motor |
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vehicle is liable to the local authority for a civil penalty if, |
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while facing only a steady red signal displayed by an electrically |
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operated traffic-control signal located in the local authority, the |
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vehicle is operated in violation of the instructions of that |
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traffic-control signal, as specified by Section 544.007(d). |
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(b) An ordinance implemented by a local authority under this |
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chapter may not impose a civil penalty on the owner of a motor |
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vehicle that is turning right at an intersection. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |