89R615 CXP-F     By: Craddick H.B. No. 3034       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the enforcement of the prohibition on passing a school   bus using images and video from a school bus infraction detection   system.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 707.001, Transportation Code, is amended   by adding Subdivision (4-a) to read as follows:                (4-a)  "School bus infraction detection system" means a   camera system affixed to a school bus with two or more camera   sensors or computers that produce a recorded video and two or more   film or digital photographic still images for the purpose of   detecting violations described by Section 545.066.          SECTION 2.  Section 707.020, Transportation Code, is amended   by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as   follows:          (a)  Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by   Subsection (a-1), a local authority may not implement or operate a   photographic traffic signal enforcement system with respect to a   highway or street under the jurisdiction of the authority.          (a-1)  This section does not apply to a school bus infraction   detection system installed and operated by a school district or   open-enrollment charter school in this state.          SECTION 3.  Section 707.021, Transportation Code, is amended   to read as follows:          Sec. 707.021.  USE OF EVIDENCE FROM PHOTOGRAPHIC TRAFFIC   SIGNAL ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM PROHIBITED. (a) Notwithstanding any   other law and except as provided by Subsection (b), a local   authority may not issue a civil or criminal charge or citation for   an offense or violation based on a recorded image produced by a   photographic traffic signal enforcement system.          (b)  This section does not apply to the issuance by a   municipality, county, school district, or open-enrollment charter   school of a civil or criminal charge or citation, as applicable, for   a violation described by Section 545.066 based on the use of   recorded image-based evidence collected from a school bus   infraction detection system installed and operated by a school   district or open-enrollment charter school in this state.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.