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.