By: Schofield H.B. No. 3286
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the posting of certain parking signs in a public
right-of-way by a local government.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G. Chapter 545, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 545.3075 to read as follows:
Sec. 545.3075. (a) A county or municipality with a
population greater than 220,000 may accept a written request for
the posting of signs that regulate parking of commercial motor
vehicles, as defined by Section 545.307, in a public right-of-way
adjacent to commercial property after 10 p.m. and before 6 a.m., if
the request is signed by the owner or managing member of a
commercial property who operates a business on the property.
(b) A county or municipality that receives a request meeting
the requirements of this section may post signs as requested, or as
determined necessary by the county or municipality, in a public
right-of-way that is within ten feet of a property line that is
adjacent to the right-of-way.
(c) In the event that a county or municipality receives
requests under subsection (a) for the posting of signs described
under this section from two or more people sharing a common property
line, the county or municipality may post signs as necessary in a
public right-of-way that is adjacent to one or more of those
properties in accordance with Subsection (b).
(d) A sign posted under this section must:
(1) state, in letters at least two inches in height,
that overnight parking of a commercial motor vehicle is restricted
from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. in the right-of-way, or a portion of the
right-of-way;
(2) display arrows that properly delineate the area
subject to parking restriction; and
(3) be placed facing a public roadway giving access to
the right-of-way.
(e) This section does not apply to a vehicle owned by a
commercial establishment that is parked on the street adjacent to
where the establishment is located.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.