Bill Text: TX HB1721 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the criminal and civil prosecution of certain offenses involving parking in a space designated for persons with disabilities.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-12 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB1721 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1721-Introduced.html
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| By: Koop | H.B. No. 1721 | |
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| relating to the criminal and civil prosecution of certain offenses | ||
| involving parking in a space designated for persons with | ||
| disabilities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article 14.06(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (d) Subsection (c) applies only to a person charged with | ||
| committing an offense under: | ||
| (1) Section 481.121, Health and Safety Code, if the | ||
| offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that | ||
| section; | ||
| (1-a) Section 481.1161, Health and Safety Code, if the | ||
| offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that | ||
| section; | ||
| (2) Section 28.03, Penal Code, if the offense is | ||
| punishable under Subsection (b)(2) of that section; | ||
| (3) Section 28.08, Penal Code, if the offense is | ||
| punishable under Subsection (b)(1) of that section; | ||
| (4) Section 31.03, Penal Code, if the offense is | ||
| punishable under Subsection (e)(2)(A) of that section; | ||
| (5) Section 31.04, Penal Code, if the offense is | ||
| punishable under Subsection (e)(2) of that section; | ||
| (6) Section 38.114, Penal Code, if the offense is | ||
| punishable as a Class B misdemeanor; [ |
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| (7) Section 521.457, Transportation Code; or | ||
| (8) Section 681.011, Transportation Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 682.002, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 682.002. CIVIL OFFENSE. (a) A municipality may | ||
| declare the violation of a municipal ordinance relating to parking | ||
| or stopping a vehicle, including parking or stopping a vehicle in a | ||
| manner that would constitute an offense under Section 681.011, to | ||
| be a civil offense. | ||
| (b) A joint board to which Section 22.074(d) applies may | ||
| declare the violation of a resolution, rule, or order of the joint | ||
| board relating to parking or stopping a vehicle, including parking | ||
| or stopping a vehicle in a manner that would constitute an offense | ||
| under Section 681.011, to be a civil offense. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
