By: Gallegos S.B. No. 1021
(In the Senate - Filed February 20, 2009; March 13, 2009,
read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; March 30, 2009, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; March 30, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a prohibition on parking a commercial motor vehicle in
certain residential subdivisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 545.307, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsections (b) and (b-1) to read as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), after 10 p.m.
and before 6 a.m., a person may not park a commercial motor vehicle
or leave the vehicle parked:
(1) in a private driveway that is located in a
residential subdivision; or
(2) on a street that is maintained by a county or
municipality and for which signs are posted as provided by
Subsection (c) if the street:
(A) [(1)] is located within a residential
subdivision; or
(B) [(2)] is adjacent to a residential
subdivision and within 1,000 feet of the property line of a
residence, school, place of worship, or park.
(b-1) A person may park a commercial motor vehicle or leave
the vehicle parked in a private driveway that is located in a
residential subdivision, or on a street for which signs are posted
as provided by Subsection (c) if the commercial motor vehicle:
(1) is transporting persons or property to or from the
residential subdivision or performing work in the subdivision; and
(2) remains parked in or adjacent to the subdivision
only for the period necessary to complete the transportation or
work.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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