By Culberson H.B. No. 2996 76R8903 DWS-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to actions that may be taken in relation to improperly 1-3 parked vehicles. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 684, Transportation Code, 1-6 is amended by adding Section 684.016 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 684.016. ADDITIONAL PROHIBITIONS. (a) A person may 1-8 not remove an unauthorized vehicle from a parking facility without 1-9 the consent of the vehicle's owner or operator or attach to an 1-10 unauthorized vehicle located on a parking facility a device 1-11 intended to prevent the operation of the vehicle, unless the person 1-12 is a governmental entity or is acting as authorized by a contract 1-13 with a governmental entity. 1-14 (b) A person may not attach to an unauthorized vehicle 1-15 located on a parking facility a device intended to prevent the 1-16 operation of the vehicle, unless a sign is installed on the parking 1-17 facility that states that a device intended to prevent the 1-18 operation of a vehicle may be attached to an unauthorized vehicle 1-19 located on the facility. The sign must be installed in each 1-20 location required for a sign under Section 684.031(a), 684.034, or 1-21 684.035, as appropriate. The sign may be installed on the same 1-22 pole, post, wall, or barrier as a sign under Subchapter C. 1-23 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only 1-24 to removal of a vehicle or attachment of a device to a vehicle on 2-1 or after the effective date of this Act. 2-2 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 2-3 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.