1-1 By: Blackwood (Senate Sponsor - Sibley) H.B. No. 710
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 1993;
1-3 May 11, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 20, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 20, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Harris of Dallas x
1-9 Rosson x
1-10 Carriker x
1-11 Henderson x
1-12 Leedom x
1-13 Lucio x
1-14 Luna x
1-15 Nelson x
1-16 Patterson x
1-17 Shelley x
1-18 Sibley x
1-19 West x
1-20 Whitmire x
1-21 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-22 AN ACT
1-23 relating to fees charged by a vehicle storage facility.
1-24 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-25 SECTION 1. Section 2(3), Vehicle Storage Facility Act
1-26 (Article 6687-9a, Revised Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-27 (3) "Vehicle storage facility" means a garage, parking
1-28 lot, or any type of facility owned by a person other than a
1-29 governmental entity, except as provided by Section 14(f) of this
1-30 article, for storing or parking 10 or more vehicles.
1-31 SECTION 2. Section 14, Vehicle Storage Facility Act (Article
1-32 6687-9a, Revised Statutes), is amended by amending Subsections (b)
1-33 and (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
1-34 (b) The operator of a vehicle storage facility may not
1-35 charge an owner more than $10 for any action taken by or at the
1-36 direction of the operator or owner of the vehicle storage facility
1-37 necessary to preserve, protect, or service a vehicle stored or
1-38 parked at the facility <preservation of a stored motor vehicle>.
1-39 (e) This section controls over <overs> any conflicting
1-40 municipal ordinance or charter provision.
1-41 (f) For the purposes of this section, "vehicle storage
1-42 facility" includes a garage, parking lot, or any type of facility
1-43 owned by a governmental entity for storing or parking 10 or more
1-44 vehicles.
1-45 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
1-46 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-47 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-48 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-49 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-50 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
1-51 * * * * *
1-52 Austin,
1-53 Texas
1-54 May 20, 1993
1-55 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-56 President of the Senate
1-57 Sir:
1-58 We, your Committee on State Affairs to which was referred H.B.
1-59 No. 710, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed
1-60 to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
1-61 pass and be printed.
1-62 Harris of
1-63 Dallas, Chairman
1-64 * * * * *
1-65 WITNESSES
1-66 FOR AGAINST ON
1-67 ___________________________________________________________________
1-68 Name: Jeanette Rash x
2-1 Representing: Tx Towing & Storage Assn
2-2 City: Houston
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