| 1 | 1 | | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1762 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the regulation of the parking and removal of vehicles on |
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| 7 | 7 | | the campus of a public institution of higher education. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 51.202, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 10 | 10 | | adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (c) The booting, towing, and storage of a vehicle on |
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| 12 | 12 | | institutional property is governed by the rules and regulations |
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| 13 | 13 | | adopted under this section. To the extent of any conflict, those |
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| 14 | 14 | | rules and regulations prevail over Chapter 2308, Occupations Code, |
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| 15 | 15 | | and the following requirements of that chapter do not apply: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) as to a tow truck owned or operated by the |
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| 17 | 17 | | institution, the requirements of Subchapter C; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) as to a person employed by the institution, the |
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| 19 | 19 | | requirements of Subchapter D; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (3) the signage and notice requirements of Subchapter |
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| 21 | 21 | | F or G; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (4) the requirement of Section 2308.205 and 2308.252 |
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| 23 | 23 | | that a towing company tow a vehicle to a licensed vehicle storage |
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| 24 | 24 | | facility; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (5) the insurance requirement of Section 2308.255. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. Section 2308.004, Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 27 | 27 | | by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (c) This chapter applies to the booting, towing, and storage |
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| 29 | 29 | | of a vehicle on the property of an institution of higher education, |
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| 30 | 30 | | as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, only as provided by |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 51.202, Education Code. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 33 | 33 | | the vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 34 | 34 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 36 | 36 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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