85R9243 BEE-D
By: Neave H.B. No. 2426
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notice of a person's right to a hearing placed on a sign
prohibiting unauthorized vehicles on a parking facility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2308.301(b), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Except as provided by Section 2308.305, an unauthorized
vehicle may be towed under Section 2308.252(a)(1) or booted under
Section 2308.257 only if each sign prohibiting unauthorized
vehicles:
(1) is made of weather-resistant material;
(2) is at least 18 inches wide and 24 inches tall;
(3) contains the international symbol for towing
vehicles;
(4) contains a statement describing who may park in
the parking facility and prohibiting all others;
(5) bears the words, as applicable:
(A) "Unauthorized Vehicles Will Be Towed or
Booted at Owner's or Operator's Expense";
(B) "Unauthorized Vehicles Will Be Towed at
Owner's or Operator's Expense"; or
(C) "Unauthorized Vehicles Will Be Booted at
Owner's or Operator's Expense";
(6) contains a statement of the days and hours of
towing and booting enforcement; [and]
(7) contains a number, including the area code, of a
telephone that is answered 24 hours a day to enable an owner or
operator of a vehicle to locate a towed vehicle or to arrange for
removal of a boot from a vehicle; and
(8) contains a statement describing a person's right
to request a court hearing to determine whether probable cause
existed to remove, or install a boot on, a vehicle.
SECTION 2. Section 2308.302, Occupations Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
follows:
(d) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (e) and
(f), the next lower portion of the sign must contain the remaining
information required by Section 2308.301(b) displayed in bright red
letters at least one inch in height on a white background.
(f) A sign that otherwise meets the requirements of this
subchapter meets the requirements of Section 2308.301(b)(8) if a
separate sign installed directly above or below the sign contains
the statement describing a person's right to request a hearing
required by Section 2308.301(b)(8).
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2018.