Bill Text: TX HB626 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to notice of a person's right to a hearing placed on a sign prohibiting unauthorized vehicles on a parking facility.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-21 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB626 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB626-Introduced.html
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| By: Neave | H.B. No. 626 | |
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| relating to notice of a person's right to a hearing placed on a sign | ||
| prohibiting unauthorized vehicles on a parking facility. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 2308.301(b), Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Section 2308.305, an unauthorized | ||
| vehicle may be towed under Section 2308.252(a)(1) or booted under | ||
| Section 2308.257 only if each sign prohibiting unauthorized | ||
| vehicles: | ||
| (1) is made of weather-resistant material; | ||
| (2) is at least 18 inches wide and 24 inches tall; | ||
| (3) contains the international symbol for towing | ||
| vehicles; | ||
| (4) contains a statement describing who may park in | ||
| the parking facility and prohibiting all others; | ||
| (5) bears the words, as applicable: | ||
| (A) "Unauthorized Vehicles Will Be Towed or | ||
| Booted at Owner's or Operator's Expense"; | ||
| (B) "Unauthorized Vehicles Will Be Towed at | ||
| Owner's or Operator's Expense"; or | ||
| (C) "Unauthorized Vehicles Will Be Booted at | ||
| Owner's or Operator's Expense"; | ||
| (6) contains a statement of the days and hours of | ||
| towing and booting enforcement; [ |
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| (7) contains a number, including the area code, of a | ||
| telephone that is answered 24 hours a day to enable an owner or | ||
| operator of a vehicle to locate a towed vehicle or to arrange for | ||
| removal of a boot from a vehicle; and | ||
| (8) contains a statement describing a person's right | ||
| to request a court hearing to determine whether probable cause | ||
| existed to remove, or install a boot on, a vehicle. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 2308.302, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (f) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (d) Except as provided by Subsections [ |
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| (f), the next lower portion of the sign must contain the remaining | ||
| information required by Section 2308.301(b) displayed in bright red | ||
| letters at least one inch in height on a white background. | ||
| (f) A sign that otherwise meets the requirements of this | ||
| subchapter meets the requirements of Section 2308.301(b)(8) if a | ||
| separate sign installed directly above or below the sign contains | ||
| the statement describing a person's right to request a hearing | ||
| required by Section 2308.301(b)(8). | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2020. | ||
