73R7975 DWS-D
By Blackwood H.B. No. 710
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 710:
By Siebert C.S.H.B. No. 710
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to fees charged by a vehicle storage facility.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 2(3), Vehicle Storage Facility Act
1-5 (Article 6687-9a, Revised Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-6 (3) "Vehicle storage facility" means a garage, parking
1-7 lot, or any type of facility owned by a person other than a
1-8 governmental entity, except as provided by Section 14(g) of this
1-9 article, for storing or parking 10 or more vehicles.
1-10 SECTION 2. Section 14, Vehicle Storage Facility Act (Article
1-11 6687-9a, Revised Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-12 Sec. 14. Fees; Charges. (a) The operator of a vehicle
1-13 storage facility may not charge an owner more than $25 for
1-14 notification under Section 13 of this article.
1-15 (b) The operator of a vehicle storage facility may not
1-16 charge an owner more than $10 for any action taken by or at the
1-17 direction of the operator or owner of the vehicle storage facility
1-18 necessary to preserve, protect, or service a vehicle stored or
1-19 parked at the facility <preservation of a stored motor vehicle>.
1-20 (c) The owner of a vehicle storage facility may not charge
1-21 more than $15 for logging in a vehicle.
1-22 (d) The operator of a vehicle storage facility may not
1-23 charge less than $5 or more than $15 for each day or part of a day
1-24 for storage of a vehicle.
2-1 (e) <(d)> The operator of a vehicle storage facility may not
2-2 charge any additional fees that are similar to notification,
2-3 preservation, or administrative fees.
2-4 (f) <(e)> This section controls over <overs> any conflicting
2-5 municipal ordinance or charter provision.
2-6 (g) For the purposes of this section, "vehicle storage
2-7 facility" includes a garage, parking lot, or any type of facility
2-8 owned by a governmental entity for storing or parking 10 or more
2-9 vehicles.
2-10 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-11 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.