88R3044 AJZ-F     By: Thierry H.B. No. 2399       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the use of automated traffic control systems.          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 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.