Irving, TX Mobility & Curb Rules: Red-Light Cameras (2026)
Key Facts
- Governing law
- Transp. Code 707.020
- Status
- Banned statewide
- Enacted
- HB 1631, 2019
- Enforced by
- Texas Attorney General
- City authority
- Preempted, none
Summary
Red-light cameras are illegal in Irving. Texas Transportation Code 707.020 bars every local authority from implementing or operating a photographic traffic signal enforcement system on any street under its jurisdiction, and the Texas Attorney General enforces the ban.
(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
Irving cannot install, operate, or issue citations from red-light cameras. In 2019 the Legislature enacted House Bill 1631, adding Section 707.020 to the Transportation Code, which prohibits any Texas local authority from running a photographic traffic signal enforcement system on roads it controls. The statute preempts city ordinances entirely, so Irving City Council has no power to authorize camera enforcement at intersections. The Texas Attorney General is charged with enforcing the prohibition. Cities that had cameras before the ban were required to shut them down as prior vendor contracts expired.
Violations & Fines
There are no camera-based red-light citations in Irving. A photo notice claiming to be from an Irving red-light camera would be unenforceable, since operating such a system is prohibited statewide by Section 707.020.
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