1-1 By: Brown S.B. No. 567
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 2, 1993; March 3, 1993, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
1-4 Relations; April 1, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 1, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Armbrister x
1-9 Leedom x
1-10 Carriker x
1-11 Henderson x
1-12 Madla x
1-13 Moncrief x
1-14 Patterson x
1-15 Rosson x
1-16 Shapiro x
1-17 Wentworth x
1-18 Whitmire x
1-19 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-20 AN ACT
1-21 relating to enforcement by a disabled person of a law relating to
1-22 parking by or for disabled persons.
1-23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-24 SECTION 1. Section 6A, Chapter 338, Acts of the 64th
1-25 Legislature, 1975 (Article 6675a-5e.1, Vernon's Texas Civil
1-26 Statutes), is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
1-27 (e) A political subdivision may appoint a disabled person to
1-28 have the authority to file charges against a person who commits an
1-29 offense under this Act. A person appointed under this subsection
1-30 must be a United States citizen of good moral character who has not
1-31 been convicted of a felony. The person must take and subscribe an
1-32 oath of office that the political subdivision prescribes and must
1-33 complete a training program developed by the political subdivision.
1-34 The person is not a peace officer, has no authority other than the
1-35 authority applicable to a citizen to enforce a law other than this
1-36 Act, and may not carry a weapon while performing duties under this
1-37 subsection. The person is not entitled to compensation for
1-38 performing duties under this subsection or to indemnification from
1-39 the political subdivision or the state for injury or property
1-40 damage the person sustains or liability the person incurs in
1-41 performing duties under this subsection. The political subdivision
1-42 and the state are not liable for any damages arising from an act or
1-43 omission of the person in performing duties under this subsection.
1-44 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-45 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-46 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-47 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-48 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-49 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-50 passage, and it is so enacted.
1-51 * * * * *
1-52 Austin,
1-53 Texas
1-54 April 1, 1993
1-55 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-56 President of the Senate
1-57 Sir:
1-58 We, your Committee on Intergovernmental Relations to which was
1-59 referred S.B. No. 567, have had the same under consideration, and I
1-60 am instructed to report it back to the Senate with the
1-61 recommendation that it do pass and be printed.
1-62 Armbrister,
1-63 Chairman
1-64 * * * * *
1-65 WITNESSES
1-66 No witnesses appeared on S.B. No. 567.