Bill Text: TX HB2870 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the use of automated traffic control systems by certain municipalities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-14 - Referred to Transportation [HB2870 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2870-Introduced.html

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88R13274 AJZ-F
By: Thierry H.B. No. 2870

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of automated traffic control systems by certain
municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 542.2035, Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 542.2035. LIMITATION ON MUNICIPALITIES. (a) Except
as provided by Subsection (a-1), a [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.
(a-1) A municipality with a population of two million or
more may 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 in a
school crossing zone.
(b) In this section:
(1) [,] "Automated [automated] traffic control
system" means a photographic device, radar device, laser device, or
other electrical or mechanical device designed to:
(A) [(1)] record the speed of a motor vehicle;
and
(B) [(2)] obtain one or more photographs or other
recorded images of:
(i) [(A)] the vehicle;
(ii) [(B)] the license plate attached to
the vehicle; or
(iii) [(C)] the operator of the vehicle.
(2) "School crossing zone" has the meaning assigned by
Section 541.302.
SECTION 2. Chapter 707, Transportation Code, is amended by
adding Section 707.022 to read as follows:
Sec. 707.022. MUNICIPAL SCHOOL CROSSING ZONE EXCEPTION.
This chapter does not apply to an automated traffic control system,
as defined by Section 542.2035, that is authorized by Section
542.2035(a-1).
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.