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SEC. 28-220.   DEFINITIONS.
   In this article:
      (1)   AUTOMATED SCHOOL BUS STOP ARM ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM means the installation of photographic school bus stop arm enforcement systems on school buses operated within the city for the purpose of reducing school bus stop arm violations and injuries to students citywide.
      (2)   CAMERA-ENFORCED SCHOOL BUS means a school bus equipped with a photographic school bus stop arm enforcement system.
      (3)   DATE OF ISSUANCE means the date that a civil school bus stop arm citation is mailed in accordance with this article.
      (4)   DEPARTMENT means the department of the city designated by the city manager to enforce and administer this article, or the department’s designated representative.
      (5)   DIRECTOR means the director of the department or the director’s authorized representative.
      (6)   OWNER means:
         (A)   the owner of a motor vehicle as shown on the motor vehicle registration records of the Texas Department of Transportation or the analogous department or agency of another state or country;
         (B)   the person named under Section 28-224(d) or (g) as the lessee of the motor vehicle at the time of a school bus stop arm violation; or
         (C)   the person named under Section 28-224(h) as holding legal title to the motor vehicle at the time of a school bus stop arm violation.
      (7)   PHOTOGRAPHIC SCHOOL BUS STOP ARM ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM means a system that:
         (A)   consists of cameras installed on the exterior of a school bus that work in conjunction with an automatic stop arm on the school bus, which stop arm, along with flashing warning lights and other equipment required by Section 547.701(c) of the Texas Transportation Code, as amended, warns drivers that the school bus is stopped for the purpose of loading or unloading students; and
         (B)   is capable of producing a recorded image depicting the license plate attached to the front or the rear of a motor vehicle that passes the school bus in violation of Section 28-224 of this article.
      (8)   RECORDED IMAGE means a photographic or digital image recorded by a photographic school bus stop arm enforcement system that depicts the front or the rear of a motor vehicle.
      (9)   SCHOOL BUS has the meaning given that term in Section 541.201 of the Texas Transportation Code, as amended.
      (10)   SCHOOL BUS STOP ARM VIOLATION or CIVIL SCHOOL BUS STOP ARM VIOLATION means a violation of Section 28-224 of this article.
      (11)   SCHOOL BUS STOP ARM CITATION or CIVIL SCHOOL BUS STOP ARM CITATION means a citation for a school bus stop arm violation issued under this article. (Ord. 28654)