G-13-02-28-H2 - 2/28/2013ORDINANCE NO.IZ-
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 22, THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
(2010 EDITION), CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS BY ADDING SECTION 22-8
ESTABLISHING A TRAFFIC SAFETY FUND; PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS
CLAUSE AND REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND
RESOLUTIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROUND
ROCK, TEXAS:
That Chapter 22, Code of Ordinances (2010 Edition), City of Round Rock,
Texas, is hereby amended by adding Section 22-8, Traffic Safety Fund, which
shall read as follows:
Sec. 22-8. Traffic Safety Fund.
(a) Establishment of Traffic Safety Fund. Pursuant to Chapter 707, Texas Transportation
Code, there is hereby established the Traffic Safety Fund.
(b) Source of funds. Funds are derived from civil or administrative penalties collected by the
City for traffic signal violations under the City's photographic traffic signal enforcement
system. Such funds are held, disbursed, and used in accordance with Section 707.008
of the Texas Transportation Code. Section 707.008(a)(2) requires that certain of those
funds be deposited in a special account in the City's treasury that may be used only to
fund traffic safety programs, including pedestrian safety programs, public safety
programs, intersection improvements, and traffic enforcement.
(c) Statutory requirements. The City shall do the following:
(1) From the funds derived from civil or administrative penalties collected by the City
for traffic signal violations under the City's photographic traffic signal enforcement
system, the City may deduct and retain amounts authorized by Section
707.008(b), to -wit: (a) amounts necessary to cover the costs of purchasing or
leasing equipment that is part of or used in connection with the photographic
traffic signal enforcement system in the City; (b) installing the photographic traffic
signal enforcement system at sites in the City, including the costs of installing
cameras, flashes, computer equipment, loop sensors, detectors, utility lines, data
lines, poles and mounts, networking equipment, and associated labor costs; (c)
operating the photographic traffic signal enforcement system in the City,
including the costs of creating, distributing, and delivering violation notices,
review of violations conducted by employees of the City, the processing of fine
payments and collections, and the costs associated with administrative
adjudications and appeals; and (d) maintaining the general upkeep and
functioning of the photographic traffic signal enforcement system.
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(2) Not later than the sixtieth (60'h) day after the end of the City's fiscal year, the City
shall send fifty percent (50%) of the revenue derived from civil or administrative
penalties collected by the City for traffic signal violations under the City's
photographic traffic signal enforcement system to the Comptroller for deposit to
the credit of the regional trauma account established under Section 782.002 of
the Health and Safety Code.
(3) Thereafter, the City shall deposit the remainder of the revenue in the City's
Traffic Safety Fund, and those monies shall only be used to fund traffic safety
programs, including pedestrian safety programs, public safety programs,
intersection improvements, and traffic enforcement.
A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in conflict
herewith are expressly repealed.
B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance shall not
invalidate other sections or provisions thereof.
C. The City Council hereby finds and declares that written notice of the
date, hour, place and subject of the meeting at which this ordinance was adopted
was posted and that such meeting was open to the public as required by law at
all times during which this ordinance and the subject matter hereof were
discussed, considered and formally acted upon, all as required by the Open
Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended.
Alternative 1.
By motion duly made, seconded and passed with an affirmative vote of all
the Council members present, the requirement for reading this ordinance on two
separate days was dispensed with.
READ, PASSED, and ADOPTED on first reading this � day of
2013.
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Alternative 2.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the day of
12013.
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the
day of , 2013.
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ALAN MCGRAW, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
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SARA L. WHITE, City Clerk
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City of Round Rock
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Agenda Item Summary
Agenda Number: H2.
Title: Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 22, Code of Ordinances (2010
Edition), by adding Section 22-8 to establish the Traffic Safety Fund. (First
Reading*)
Type: Ordinance
Governing Body: City Council
Agenda Date: 2/28/2013
Dept Director: Cheryl Delaney, Finance Director
Cost: $0.00
Indexes:
Attachments: Ordinance
Text of Legislative File 13-029
This is a newly established special revenue fund that accounts for civil or administrative penalties for traffic
signal violations which are used for traffic safety programs, including pedestrian safety programs, public safety
programs, intersection improvements, and traffic enforcement consistent with subsection 707.008 of the
Transportation Code. The revenues deposited in this fund represent 50% of the revenue derived from the
traffic signal enforcement system, less the costs of installing, maintaining, and operating the system. The other
50% of the revenue is sent to the comptroller for deposit to the credit of the regional trauma account
established under Section 782.002, Health and Safety Code.
Staff recommends approval
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