Bill Text: TX SB1713 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the towing and booting of unauthorized vehicles on a parking facility during certain hours.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1713 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1713-Introduced.html
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| By: Lucio | S.B. No. 1713 | |
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| relating to the towing and booting of unauthorized vehicles on a | ||
| parking facility during certain hours. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 2308.255(d), Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (d) A towing company may tow and store a vehicle under | ||
| Subsection (a) only if the parking facility owner: | ||
| (1) requests that the towing company tow and store the | ||
| specific vehicle; or | ||
| (2) except as provided by Section 2308.2551, has a | ||
| standing written agreement with the towing company to enforce | ||
| parking restrictions in the parking facility. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 2308, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2308.2551 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2308.2551. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TOWING DURING | ||
| CERTAIN HOURS. (a) A towing company may tow and store a vehicle | ||
| under Section 2308.255(a) between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on | ||
| a weekday only if the parking facility owner requests in writing | ||
| that the towing company tow and store the specific vehicle. | ||
| (b) A written request required under Subsection (a) must: | ||
| (1) include: | ||
| (A) a statement that the vehicle is to be towed | ||
| and stored at the request of the parking facility owner; | ||
| (B) the name of the parking facility owner; and | ||
| (C) the parking facility owner's justification | ||
| for requesting the removal of the vehicle and photographs, if any, | ||
| supporting the justification; and | ||
| (2) be maintained by the towing company for at least 90 | ||
| days after the date the request was made. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter F, Chapter 2308, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 2308.2571 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 2308.2571. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR BOOTING DURING | ||
| CERTAIN HOURS. (a) A boot operator may install a boot on a vehicle | ||
| located on a parking facility between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. | ||
| on a weekday only if the parking facility owner requests in writing | ||
| that the boot operator install a boot on the vehicle. | ||
| (b) A written request required under Subsection (a) must: | ||
| (1) include: | ||
| (A) a statement that a boot is to be installed on | ||
| the vehicle at the request of the parking facility owner; | ||
| (B) the name of the parking facility owner; and | ||
| (C) the parking facility owner's justification | ||
| for requesting the installation of the boot on the vehicle and | ||
| photographs, if any, supporting the justification; and | ||
| (2) be maintained by the booting company for at least | ||
| 90 days after the date the request was made. | ||
| SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| the towing or booting of a vehicle initiated on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. The towing or booting of a vehicle | ||
| initiated before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
| law in effect at the time the towing or booting was initiated, and | ||
| the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
