S.B. No. 896
AN ACT
1-1 relating to a vehicle left unattended on a controlled access
1-2 highway.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subdivision (2), Section 5.01, Chapter 741, Acts
1-5 of the 67th Legislature, Regular Session, 1981 (Article 4477-9a,
1-6 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (2) "Abandoned motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle
1-8 that is inoperable and more than five years old and left unattended
1-9 on public property for more than 48 hours, or a motor vehicle that
1-10 has remained illegally on public property for a period of more than
1-11 48 hours, or a motor vehicle that has remained on private property
1-12 without the consent of the owner or person in control of the
1-13 property for more than 48 hours, or a motor vehicle left unattended
1-14 on the right-of-way of a designated county, state, or federal
1-15 highway within this state for more than 48 hours or for more than
1-16 24 <12> hours on:
1-17 (A) a turnpike project constructed and
1-18 maintained by the Texas Turnpike Authority; or
1-19 (B) a controlled access highway, as defined by
1-20 Section 13, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways (Article
1-21 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).
1-22 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-23 to a motor vehicle that becomes unattended on or after the
1-24 effective date of this Act. A motor vehicle that became unattended
2-1 before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
2-2 effect when the motor vehicle became unattended, and that law is
2-3 continued in effect for that purpose.
2-4 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
2-5 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-6 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-7 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-8 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-9 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.