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