DeSoto, TX Mobility & Curb Rules: Red-Light Cameras (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing law
- Transp. Code 707.020
- Statewide ban since
- June 2, 2019
- Enacted by
- HB 1631, 86th Legislature
- Enforced by
- Texas Attorney General
- DeSoto camera program
- None: prohibited
Summary
DeSoto operates no red-light cameras. Texas outlawed photographic traffic-signal enforcement statewide in 2019, so the city cannot ticket you by camera at any intersection.
Sec. 707.020. PHOTOGRAPHIC TRAFFIC SIGNAL ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM PROHIBITED. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, 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. (b) The attorney general shall enforce this section.
Full Breakdown
Texas Transportation Code Section 707.020 bars every local authority, DeSoto included, from implementing or operating a photographic traffic signal enforcement system on any street it controls. House Bill 1631 added the section effective June 2, 2019, killing red-light-camera programs across the state and voiding the contracts that ran them. The Texas Attorney General enforces the ban. DeSoto police issue red-light citations only through an officer who witnesses the violation in person, not from an automated camera mailing a civil notice to the registered owner.
Violations & Fines
There is no camera penalty because cameras are prohibited. A civil notice mailed by any Texas city under a camera program is unenforceable, and no conviction, fine, or vehicle-registration hold may result from it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can DeSoto mail me a red-light-camera ticket?
Can a DeSoto officer still ticket me for running a red light?
Sources & Official References
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