| 1 | 1 | | By: Wu, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Miles) H.B. No. 714 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2017; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 12, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Intergovernmental Relations; May 18, 2017, reported favorably by |
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| 5 | 5 | | the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 2; May 18, 2017, sent to |
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| 6 | 6 | | printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | 9 | | |
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| 10 | 10 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 12 | | relating to the civil prosecution of offenses involving certain |
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| 13 | 13 | | municipal parking ordinances; authorizing a civil fine. |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Section 601.001, Local Government Code, is |
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| 16 | 16 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 601.001. PARKING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. (a) A |
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| 18 | 18 | | municipality by ordinance may regulate the parking of motor |
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| 19 | 19 | | vehicles on private property and may enforce the ordinance in the |
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| 20 | 20 | | same manner that it enforces ordinances regulating parking in |
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| 21 | 21 | | public no-parking zones, including the impoundment of offending |
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| 22 | 22 | | vehicles. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) As provided by Chapter 682, Transportation Code, a |
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| 24 | 24 | | municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more may: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) declare the violation of a municipal ordinance |
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| 26 | 26 | | relating to the parking of an unattended motor vehicle in the front |
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| 27 | 27 | | or side yard of a single-family residence in a residential area to |
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| 28 | 28 | | be a civil offense; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) by ordinance establish an administrative |
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| 30 | 30 | | adjudication hearing procedure under which a civil fine may be |
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| 31 | 31 | | imposed. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 33 | 33 | | * * * * * |
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