81R5345 JTS-F
By: Thibaut H.B. No. 2346
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the removal of illegally parked vehicles from
residential parking permit areas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2308.354(a), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Under an ordinance of a municipality regulating the
parking of vehicles in the municipality, to aid in the enforcement
of the ordinance, an employee designated by the municipality may be
authorized to:
(1) immobilize a vehicle parked in the municipality;
[and]
(2) remove an immobilized vehicle from a public
roadway in the municipality; and
(3) request the removal of a vehicle parked illegally
in an area designated as a tow-away zone in a residential area where
on-street parking is regulated by municipal ordinance.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.