Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL . STATE OF TEX,AS JOHN CORNYN February 8,2002 The Honorable Tony Goolsby Opinion No. JC-0460 Chair, Cornmittee on House Administration Texas House of Representatives Re: Authority of a home-rule city to create a P. 0. Box 2910 civil offense for the disregard of a traffic control Austin, Texas 78768-2910 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…