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

Sec. 020(a) states flatly that, notwithstanding any other law, a local authority may not implement or operate a photographic traffic signal enforcement system on any highway or street under its jurisdiction, and subsection (b) hands enforcement of that ban to the Texas Attorney General. A companion provision, Sec. 021, closes the back door: a local authority may not issue a civil or criminal charge or citation for any violation based on a recorded image produced by such a system, so even a camera left running could not lawfully generate a ticket.

B. 1631), Section 2, effective June 2, 2019. Richardson's own program predates that ban by more than a decade. Ordinance No. 3671, adopted August 27, 2007 (rewriting Ord. No. 3483 of September 13, 2004), created Article VII of Chapter 22, "Automated Traffic Signal Enforcement," Secs. 22-185 through 22-193. Under Sec. 22-186, a vehicle owner faced a $75 civil penalty for running a steady red signal, plus a $25 late-payment penalty under Sec. 22-186(c). Sec. 22-187 required the police department to mail a notice of violation within 30 days, and Sec.

22-189 let an owner contest liability at an administrative adjudication hearing before a hearing officer appointed by the city manager, with a right of appeal to municipal court under Sec. 22-191. Sec. 22-193 split collected revenue: 50 percent went to the state's regional trauma account under Health and Safety Code Sec. 002, with the remainder funding the city's camera equipment, installation, and traffic-safety programs. None of that machinery can run lawfully now; Richardson has no school-zone speed-camera program written into its code either.