(a) The department is responsible for the enforcement and administration of this article.
(b) To implement the photographic traffic signal enforcement system under this article, the city may:
(1) contract for the administration and enforcement of the system as provided in Section 707.003(a)(1) of the Texas Transportation Code, and
(2) install and operate the system or contract for the installation or operation of the system as provided in Section 707.003(a)(2) of the Texas Transportation Code.
(c) In order to impose a civil penalty under this article, the department or the designee of the department, shall mail a notice of violation to the owner of the motor vehicle liable for the civil penalty not later than the 30th day after the date the violation is alleged to have occurred to:
(1) the owner’s address as shown on the registration records of the Texas Department of Transportation; or,
(2) if the vehicle is registered in another state or county, the owner’s address as shown on the motor vehicle registration records of the department or agency of the other state or county analogous to the Texas Department of Transportation.
(d) A notice of violation issued under this article shall contain the following:
(1) a description of the violation alleged;
(2) the location of the intersection where the violation occurred;
(3) the date and time of the violation;
(4) the name and address of the owner of the vehicle involved in the violation;
(5) the registration number displayed on the license plate of the vehicle involved in the violation;
(6) a copy of the recorded image of the violation limited solely to a depiction of the area of the registration number displayed on the license plate of the vehicle involved in the violation;
(7) the amount of the civil penalty to be imposed for the violation;
(8) the number of days the person has in which to pay or contest the imposition of the civil penalty and a statement that the person incurs a late penalty if the civil penalty is not paid or imposition of the civil penalty is not contested within that period;
(9) a statement that the owner of the vehicle named in the notice of violation may elect to pay the civil penalty by mail sent to a specified address instead of appearing at the time and place of the administrative adjudication hearing;
(10) information that informs the owner of the vehicle named in the notice of violation:
a) of the owner's right to contest the imposition of the civil penalty against the person in an administrative adjudication;
b) that imposition of the civil penalty may be contested by submitting a written request for an administrative adjudication hearing before the expiration of the period specified;
c) that failure to pay the civil penalty or to contest liability for the penalty in a timely manner is an admission of liability and a waiver of the owner's right to appeal the imposition of the civil penalty; and
d) that failure to pay the civil penalty within the prescribed time without timely contesting liability shall result in the imposition of a late-payment fee.
(11) a statement that a recorded image is evidence in a proceeding for the imposition of a civil liability;
(12) that the failure to timely pay the civil penalty may result in the county assessor-collector or the Texas Department of Transportation to refuse to register a motor vehicle alleged to have been involved in the violation; and
(13) any other information deemed necessary by the department.
(e) A notice of violation under this article is presumed to have been received on the 5th day after the date of notice of violation is mailed.
(f) In lieu of issuing a notice of violation, the department may mail a warning notice to the owner.