BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center H.B. 714 85R10626 AAF-D By: Wu et al. (Miles) Intergovernmental Relations 5/16/2017 Engrossed AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT Interested parties note that prohibited yard parking ordinances in certain municipalities are not easily enforced. H.B. 714 addresses this issue by providing for the declaration of a violation of certain municipal parking ordinances to be a civil offense. H.B. 714 amends current law relating to the civil prosecution of offenses involving certain municipal parking ordinances and authorizes a civil fine. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 610.001, Local Government Code, as follows: Sec. 601.001. PARKING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. (a) Creates this subsection from existing text and makes no further changes to this subsection. (b) Authorizes a municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more, as provided by Chapter 682 (Administrative Adjudication of Vehicle Parking and Stopping Offenses), Transportation Code, to: (1) declare the violation of a municipal ordinance relating to the parking of an unattended motor vehicle in the front or side yard of a single-family residence in a residential area to be a civil offense; and (2) by ordinance establish an administrative adjudication hearing procedure under which a civil fine may be imposed. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2017.
BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center H.B. 714
85R10626 AAF-D By: Wu et al. (Miles)
Intergovernmental Relations
5/16/2017
Engrossed
Senate Research Center
H.B. 714
85R10626 AAF-D
By: Wu et al. (Miles)
Intergovernmental Relations
5/16/2017
Engrossed
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
Interested parties note that prohibited yard parking ordinances in certain municipalities are not easily enforced. H.B. 714 addresses this issue by providing for the declaration of a violation of certain municipal parking ordinances to be a civil offense.
H.B. 714 amends current law relating to the civil prosecution of offenses involving certain municipal parking ordinances and authorizes a civil fine.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 610.001, Local Government Code, as follows:
Sec. 601.001. PARKING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. (a) Creates this subsection from existing text and makes no further changes to this subsection.
(b) Authorizes a municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more, as provided by Chapter 682 (Administrative Adjudication of Vehicle Parking and Stopping Offenses), Transportation Code, to:
(1) declare the violation of a municipal ordinance relating to the parking of an unattended motor vehicle in the front or side yard of a single-family residence in a residential area to be a civil offense; and
(2) by ordinance establish an administrative adjudication hearing procedure under which a civil fine may be imposed.
SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2017.