81R27620 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 in certain municipalities. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2308.354, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (c) In addition to the authority granted under Subsection (a) and to aid in the enforcement of an ordinance regulating the parking of vehicles, a municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more may authorize a designated employee to 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 the ordinance. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.