Sec. 707.002. AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE FOR CIVIL PENALTY  


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  • The governing body of a local authority by ordinance may implement a photographic traffic signal enforcement system and provide that the owner of a motor vehicle is liable to the local authority for a civil penalty if, while facing only a steady red signal displayed by an electrically operated traffic-control signal located in the local authority, the vehicle is operated in violation of the instructions of that traffic-control signal, as specified by Section 544.007(d).

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1149 , Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.