Odessa, TX Mobility & Curb Rules: Red-Light Cameras (2026)
Key Facts
- Statute
- Transp. Code 707.020
- Enacted by
- HB 1631, eff. June 2 2019
- Enforced by
- Texas Attorney General
- Status in Odessa
- Prohibited statewide
Summary
Odessa cannot run red-light cameras. Texas outlawed photographic traffic signal enforcement statewide in 2019, stripping every home-rule city of the power to ticket drivers by camera at intersections.
(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, added by HB 1631 and effective June 2, 2019, bars any local authority from implementing or operating a photographic traffic signal enforcement system on streets under its jurisdiction. That preempts Odessa entirely: the city may not install, operate, or issue civil-penalty notices from red-light cameras at any intersection in Ector County. The statute puts enforcement in the hands of the Texas Attorney General. Cities that had cameras before the ban had to shut them down; Odessa has none in service.
Violations & Fines
There is no violation for a driver to commit here. Red-light cameras are prohibited, so no camera-based civil penalty can be issued in Odessa; enforcement of the ban itself falls to the Texas Attorney General.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sources & Official References
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