Frisco, TX Mobility & Curb Rules: Red-Light Cameras (2026)

Under § 90-202, an owner whose vehicle proceeded through a steady red signal caught by a photographic traffic signal enforcement system faced a $75.00 civil penalty, plus a $25.00 late payment penalty for failing to timely contest or pay it. Section 90-203 required the police department to mail a notice of violation within 30 days of the alleged violation, listing the violation, date, time, intersection, the vehicle owner's name and address, the license plate number, a cropped image of the plate, the penalty amount, the deadline to pay or contest, and the owner's right to an administrative adjudication hearing. Section 90-204 built in a rebuttable presumption that the registered owner committed the violation, unless the vehicle was a rental being test-driven or leased to someone else at the time. Owners who contested got a hearing before a city manager-appointed hearing officer (§ 90-205), a written finding of liability or no liability (§ 90-206), and the right to appeal that finding to Frisco Municipal Court by filing a petition within 30 days, which stayed collection and triggered a trial de novo (§ 90-207). Section 90-208 made clear the civil penalty was never a criminal conviction, could not go on a driving record, and could never trigger an arrest warrant for nonpayment. Half of all penalty revenue collected went to the state's regional trauma account, and the rest funded city traffic safety programs under § 90-209.

None of that machinery has operated since House Bill 1631 (2019) barred Texas cities from installing or using photographic traffic signal enforcement systems; Frisco Police Department publicly confirmed it stopped capturing violations and dismissed pending tickets immediately after the law passed.