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