80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1119, Chapter 1149 Page: 1 of 21
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Chapter 1149 S.B. No. 1119
1 AN ACT
2 relating to the implementation of a photographic traffic signal
3 enforcement system; providing for the imposition of civil penalties
4 and to the use of the money collected to help fund trauma facilities
5 and emergency medical services; providing a criminal penalty.
6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
7 SECTION 1. Subtitle I, Title 7, Transportation Code, is
8 amended by adding Chapter 707 to read as follows:
9 CHAPTER 707. PHOTOGRAPHIC TRAFFIC SIGNAL
10 ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM
11 Sec. 707.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
12 (1) "Local authority" has the meaning assigned by
13 Section 541.002.
14 (2) "Owner of a motor vehicle" means the owner of a
15 motor vehicle as shown on the motor vehicle registration records of
16 the Texas Department of Transportation or the analogous department
17 or agency of another state or country.
18 (3) "Photographic traffic signal enforcement system"
19 means a system that:
20 (A) consists of a camera system and vehicle
21 sensor installed to exclusively work in conjunction with an
22 electrically operated traffic-control signal; and
23 (B) is capable of producing at least two recorded
24 images that depict the license plate attached to the front or the1
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Texas. Legislature. Senate. 80th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1119, Chapter 1149, legislative document, June 15, 2007; [Austin, Texas]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth155602/m1/1/: accessed April 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.