Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
TRANSPORTATION CODE |
Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC |
Subtitle I. ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC LAWS |
Chapter 707. PHOTOGRAPHIC TRAFFIC SIGNAL ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM |
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.