Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided February 8, 2002Published
1Opinion of the Court
Office of the Attorney General — State of Texas John Cornyn The Honorable Tony Goolsby Chair, Committee on House Administration Texas House of Representatives P.O. Box 2910 Austin, Texas 78768-2910
Re: Authority of a home-rule city to create a civil offense for the disregard of a traffic control signal and to use automated enforcement systems for traffic control (RQ-0426-JC)
Dear Representative Goolsby:
On behalf of the City of Richardson you ask whether state law permits the city to adopt an ordinance making the disregard of a traffic-control signal within the city a civil violation, rather…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Lower Colorado River Authority v. City of San MarcosTexas Supreme Court · 1975
- Dallas Merchant's & Concessionaire's Ass'n v. City of DallasTexas Supreme Court · 1993
- City of Richardson v. Responsible Dog Owners of TexasTexas Supreme Court · 1990
- City of Beaumont v. FallTexas Supreme Court · 1927
- Tharp v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1996
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