BILL ANALYSIS

H.B. 1799

By: Landgraf

Business & Industry

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

A property owners' association recently gave a constituent who resides in House District 81 trouble regarding the constituent parking an emergency service vehicle on the street in the subdivision. H.B. 1799 seeks to allow residents to park their service vehicles adjacent to their homes without worry of running afoul of their property owners' associations by prohibiting a property owners' association from adopting provisions related to the street parking of a vehicle owned by the state or federal government or by an agency or political subdivision of the state.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

H.B. 1799 amends the Property Code to prohibit a property owners' association from adopting or enforcing a provision in a dedicatory instrument to the extent the provision would have the effect of prohibiting a property owner or resident from parking on a street adjacent to their dwelling a vehicle that is:

· owned by the state, an agency or political subdivision of the state, or the United States;

· operated by a property owner or resident in the regular course of their employment; and

· required by the property owner's or resident's employer to be parked in the immediate vicinity of the property owner's or resident's dwelling when the property owner or resident is at that location.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2023.