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.