Garland, TX Mobility & Curb Rules: Red-Light Cameras (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing law
- Transp. Code 707.020
- Status
- Banned statewide
- Effective
- June 2, 2019 (HB 1631)
- Enforcer
- Texas Attorney General
- Live cameras
- None
Summary
Garland cannot operate red-light cameras. Texas Transportation Code 707.020 bans photographic traffic signal enforcement statewide, so no automated red-light citation can be issued anywhere in the city.
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 outlawed red-light cameras in 2019 with House Bill 1631, now Transportation Code 707.020. It bars any local authority, Garland included, from implementing or operating a photographic traffic signal enforcement system on streets under its jurisdiction. Garland runs no camera program and cannot start one. The Texas Attorney General enforces the ban. A running red light in Garland is still a Transportation Code offense, but it must be caught and cited by a Garland Police Department officer in person, not by an automated camera.
Violations & Fines
Any camera-issued red-light citation is unenforceable. A city that installed such a system would face enforcement action by the Texas Attorney General under Transportation Code 707.020.
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