H.B. No. 3286
AN ACT
relating to the overnight parking of a commercial motor vehicle
near certain apartment complexes.
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. OVERNIGHT PARKING OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR
VEHICLE NEAR CERTAIN APARTMENT COMPLEXES. (a) In this section:
(1) "Apartment complex" means two or more dwellings in
one or more buildings that are owned by the same owner, located on
the same lot or tract, and managed by the same owner, agent, or
management company.
(2) "Commercial motor vehicle" has the meaning
assigned by Section 545.307.
(b) This section applies only to the unincorporated area of
a county with a population of more than 3.3 million.
(c) The owner or manager of an apartment complex may make a
request to the county in which the apartment complex is located for
the posting of official signs prohibiting the parking of a
commercial motor vehicle in a public right-of-way adjacent to the
complex after 10 p.m. and before 6 a.m. A request under this
subsection must be signed and in writing.
(d) A county receiving a request under Subsection (c) may
post one or more signs as requested or as the county determines to
be necessary.
(e) A sign posted under Subsection (d) must:
(1) be posted in the public right-of-way:
(A) not more than 10 feet from the property line
of the apartment complex; and
(B) facing the roadway; and
(2) include:
(A) a statement, in letters at least two inches
in height, that parking of a commercial motor vehicle is prohibited
from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. in the public right-of-way or portion of the
public right-of-way; and
(B) arrows clearly indicating the area of the
public right-of-way subject to the parking restriction.
(f) This section does not apply to a vehicle owned by a
commercial establishment that is parked in the public right-of-way
adjacent to the property where the establishment is located.
(g) This section does not apply to public rights-of-way that
are part of the state highway system.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3286 was passed by the House on May
13, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 10, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3286 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 12,
1 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3286 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 27, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays
1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor