Bill Text: TX HB2144 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle in a parking space designated as an electric vehicle charging station.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-03 - Left pending in committee [HB2144 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2144-Introduced.html

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88R9856 MZM-D
By: Plesa H.B. No. 2144

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the stopping, standing, or parking of a vehicle in a
parking space designated as an electric vehicle charging station.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 545.302(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) An operator may not stop, stand, or park a vehicle:
(1) on the roadway side of a vehicle stopped or parked
at the edge or curb of a street;
(2) on a sidewalk;
(3) in an intersection;
(4) on a crosswalk;
(5) between a safety zone and the adjacent curb or
within 30 feet of a place on the curb immediately opposite the ends
of a safety zone, unless the governing body of a municipality
designates a different length by signs or markings;
(6) alongside or opposite a street excavation or
obstruction if stopping, standing, or parking the vehicle would
obstruct traffic;
(7) on a bridge or other elevated structure on a
highway or in a highway tunnel;
(8) on a railroad track; [or]
(9) where an official sign prohibits stopping; or
(10) in a parking space or area that is clearly
designated as an electric vehicle charging station, unless the
operator is driving an electric vehicle, as defined by Section
382.003, Health and Safety Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.