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| 1 | 1 | 87R125 AAF-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Wu H.B. No. 503 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the civil prosecution of offenses involving certain | |
| 8 | 8 | municipal parking ordinances; authorizing a civil fine. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 601.001, Local Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 601.001. PARKING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. (a) A | |
| 13 | 13 | municipality by ordinance may regulate the parking of motor | |
| 14 | 14 | vehicles on private property and may enforce the ordinance in the | |
| 15 | 15 | same manner that it enforces ordinances regulating parking in | |
| 16 | 16 | public no-parking zones, including the impoundment of offending | |
| 17 | 17 | vehicles. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) As provided by Chapter 682, Transportation Code, a | |
| 19 | 19 | municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more may: | |
| 20 | 20 | (1) declare the violation of a municipal ordinance | |
| 21 | 21 | relating to the parking of an unattended motor vehicle in the front | |
| 22 | 22 | or side yard of a single-family residence in a residential area to | |
| 23 | 23 | be a civil offense; and | |
| 24 | 24 | (2) by ordinance establish an administrative | |
| 25 | 25 | adjudication hearing procedure under which a civil fine may be | |
| 26 | 26 | imposed. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |