| 1 | 1 | | By: Carona S.B. No. 386 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the administrative fine and the late payment fee for a |
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| 7 | 7 | | violation of a parking rule applicable to the Capitol Complex. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subsections (a), (b), and (d), Section 411.067, |
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| 10 | 10 | | Government Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a) The department may [shall have authority to] adopt rules |
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| 12 | 12 | | for the assessment of an administrative fine of $25 [$10] for |
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| 13 | 13 | | violations of the parking rules adopted under Section 411.063. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 411.065 and 411.066, the |
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| 15 | 15 | | department may [in its discretion] issue an administrative citation |
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| 16 | 16 | | for a parking violation. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) Rules adopted under this section shall: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) establish a system for enforcement of |
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| 19 | 19 | | administrative citations, including [but not limited to] |
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| 20 | 20 | | assessment of a late fee not to exceed $5 [$2] and towing, |
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| 21 | 21 | | impoundment, or immobilization of vehicles; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) provide [for] a procedure of administrative review |
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| 23 | 23 | | within the highway patrol district that includes the Capitol |
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| 24 | 24 | | Complex [capitol police district] and, on request of the person |
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| 25 | 25 | | assessed an administrative fine, further judicial review by the |
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| 26 | 26 | | department filing the appropriate citation or complaint in a court |
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| 27 | 27 | | [of competent jurisdiction], as provided in Section 411.066. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (d) The department shall remit to the comptroller for |
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| 29 | 29 | | deposit in the general revenue fund each [any] administrative fine |
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| 30 | 30 | | and late fee collected [received] under this section. The money |
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| 31 | 31 | | deposited [Such revenues] may be appropriated only to the |
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| 32 | 32 | | department for [capitol police] security and parking in the highway |
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| 33 | 33 | | patrol district that includes the Capitol Complex. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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