81R5311 JD-F
By: Ellis S.B. No. 2219
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a municipality to impose a civil
penalty on the owner of certain motor vehicles parked on a highway
under the jurisdiction of the municipality that do not display a
valid registration insignia or inspection certificate.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 502.003(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) This section does not affect the authority of a
municipality to:
(1) license and regulate the use of motor vehicles for
compensation within the municipal limits; [and]
(2) impose a permit fee or street rental charge for the
operation of each motor vehicle used to transport passengers for
compensation, other than a motor vehicle operating under a
registration certificate from the department or a permit from the
federal Surface Transportation Board; and
(3) impose a civil penalty on the owner of a motor
vehicle that:
(A) displays a license plate issued under this
chapter or Chapter 504;
(B) is parked on a highway under the jurisdiction
of the municipality; and
(C) does not display a valid registration
insignia issued under this chapter or Chapter 504.
SECTION 2. Section 548.602, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) The governing body of a municipality may enact an
ordinance that imposes a civil penalty on the owner of a motor
vehicle that:
(1) displays a license plate issued under Chapter 502
or 504;
(2) is parked on a highway under the jurisdiction of
the municipality; and
(3) does not display a valid inspection certificate
issued under this chapter.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.