TITLE: Relating to the content of photographic traffic monitoring system signs.

SUMMARY: Relating to the content of photographic traffic monitoring system signs.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the content of photographic traffic monitoring system signs. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 544.012, Transportation Code, is amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: (c) The municipality shall install signs along each roadway that leads to an intersection at which a photographic traffic monitoring system is in active use. The signs must be at least 100 feet from the intersection or located according to standards established in the manual adopted by the Texas Transportation Commission under Section 544.001, be easily readable to any operator approaching the intersection, and clearly indicate:(1) the presence of a photographic traffic monitoring system that records violations that may result in the issuance of a notice of violation and the imposition of a monetary penalty;and (2) the range of the dollar amounts of the monetary penalties that may be imposed for a violation recorded by a photographic traffic monitoring system.(c-1) A municipality is exempt from the requirements of Subsection (c)(2) if before September 1, 2017, the municipality has installed a sign: (1) along each roadway leading to an intersection at which a photographic traffic monitoring system is in active use; and (2) indicating the amount of a monetary penalty that may be imposed for a violation recorded by the system. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.