H.B. No. 2346
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 Subsections (c) and (d) 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.
(d) Subsections (a) and (c) do not apply to a vehicle owned
by an electric, gas, water, or telecommunications utility while the
vehicle is parked for the purpose of conducting work on a facility
of the utility that is located below, above, or adjacent to the
street.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2346 was passed by the House on May
12, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2346 on May 29, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 118, Nays 26,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2346 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor