By Nelson S.B. No. 896 74R3300 DWS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to a vehicle left unattended on a controlled access 1-3 highway. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 5.01(2), Chapter 741, Acts of the 67th 1-6 Legislature, Regular Session, 1981 (Article 4477-9a, Vernon's Texas 1-7 Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows: 1-8 (2) "Abandoned motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle 1-9 that is inoperable and more than five years old and left unattended 1-10 on public property for more than 48 hours, or a motor vehicle that 1-11 has remained illegally on public property for a period of more than 1-12 48 hours, or a motor vehicle that has remained on private property 1-13 without the consent of the owner or person in control of the 1-14 property for more than 48 hours, or a motor vehicle left unattended 1-15 on the right-of-way of a designated county, state, or federal 1-16 highway within this state for more than 48 hours or for more than 1-17 12 hours on: 1-18 (A) a turnpike project constructed and 1-19 maintained by the Texas Turnpike Authority; or 1-20 (B) a controlled access highway, as defined by 1-21 Section 13, Uniform Act Regulating Traffic on Highways (Article 1-22 6701d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). 1-23 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only 1-24 to a motor vehicle that becomes unattended on or after the 2-1 effective date of this Act. A motor vehicle that became unattended 2-2 before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in 2-3 effect when the motor vehicle became unattended, and that law is 2-4 continued in effect for that purpose. 2-5 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 2-6 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.