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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the overnight parking of a commercial motor vehicle |
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near certain apartment complexes. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 545.3075 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 545.3075. OVERNIGHT PARKING OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR |
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VEHICLE NEAR CERTAIN APARTMENT COMPLEXES. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Apartment complex" means two or more dwellings in |
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one or more buildings that are owned by the same owner, located on |
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the same lot or tract, and managed by the same owner, agent, or |
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management company. |
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(2) "Commercial motor vehicle" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 545.307. |
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(b) This section applies only to a county or municipality |
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with a population of more than 220,000. |
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(c) The owner or manager of an apartment complex may make a |
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request to a county or municipality in which the apartment complex |
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is located for the posting of official signs prohibiting the |
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parking of a commercial motor vehicle in a public right-of-way |
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adjacent to the complex after 10 p.m. and before 6 a.m. A request |
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under this subsection must be signed and in writing. |
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(d) A county or municipality receiving a request under |
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Subsection (c) may post one or more signs as requested or as the |
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county or municipality determines to be necessary. |
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(e) A sign posted under Subsection (d) must: |
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(1) be posted in the public right-of-way: |
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(A) not more than 10 feet from the property line |
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of the apartment complex; and |
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(B) facing the roadway; and |
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(2) include: |
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(A) a statement, in letters at least two inches |
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in height, that parking of a commercial motor vehicle is prohibited |
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from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. in the public right-of-way or portion of the |
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public right-of-way; and |
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(B) arrows clearly indicating the area of the |
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public right-of-way subject to the parking restriction. |
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(f) This section does not apply to a vehicle owned by a |
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commercial establishment that is parked in the public right-of-way |
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adjacent to the property where the establishment is located. |
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(g) This section does not apply to public rights-of-way that |
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are part of the state highway system. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |