83R10397 SLB-D By: Zedler H.B. No. 2345 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the request for a hearing regarding a vehicle that has been towed or booted. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2308.456(a), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows: (a) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (c-1), a person entitled to a hearing under this chapter must deliver a written request for the hearing to the court before the 14th day after the date the vehicle was removed and placed in the vehicle storage facility or booted[, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays]. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section 2308.456, Occupations Code, applies only to a hearing in connection with a vehicle that is towed or booted on or after the effective date of this Act. A hearing in connection with a vehicle that is towed or booted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the vehicle was towed or booted, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.