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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
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. |