83R3012 SLB-F
By: Guillen H.B. No. 356
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the notice required to remove a vehicle with an expired
registration or inspection certificate from certain private
property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2308.253, Occupations Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as
follows:
(e) A contract provision providing for the removal from a
parking facility of a vehicle that does not display an unexpired
license plate or registration insignia or a valid inspection
certificate is valid only if the provision requires the owner or
operator of the vehicle to be given at least 10 days' written notice
that the vehicle will be towed from the facility at the vehicle
owner's or operator's expense if it is not removed from the parking
facility. The notice must be:
(1) delivered in person to the owner or operator of the
vehicle; [or]
(2) sent by certified mail, return receipt requested,
to that owner or operator; or
(3) attached in a conspicuous manner to the vehicle's
front windshield or, if the vehicle does not have a front
windshield, to an easily visible part of the vehicle.
(e-1) A notice provided in the manner described by
Subsection (e)(3) must state, as applicable, that the vehicle does
not have:
(1) an unexpired license plate or registration
insignia issued for the vehicle under Chapter 502, Transportation
Code, or under the vehicle registration law of another state or
country; or
(2) a valid inspection certificate issued under
Chapter 548, Transportation Code, or under the vehicle inspection
law of another state or country.
SECTION 2. Section 2308.253(e), Occupations Code, as
amended by this Act, applies only to a contract, including a lease
or rental agreement, entered into on or after the effective date of
this Act. A contract entered into before that date is governed by
the law in effect on the date the contract was entered into, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2014.