By: Wu, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Miles) H.B. No. 714
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2017;
May 12, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
Intergovernmental Relations; May 18, 2017, reported favorably by
the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 2; May 18, 2017, sent to
printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the civil prosecution of offenses involving certain
municipal parking ordinances; authorizing a civil fine.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 601.001, Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 601.001. PARKING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. (a) A
municipality by ordinance may regulate the parking of motor
vehicles on private property and may enforce the ordinance in the
same manner that it enforces ordinances regulating parking in
public no-parking zones, including the impoundment of offending
vehicles.
(b) As provided by Chapter 682, Transportation Code, a
municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more may:
(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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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