77R7964 MTB-D                           
         By Elkins                                              H.B. No. 674
         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 674:
         By Hawley                                          C.S.H.B. No. 674
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle on a sidewalk.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Section 545.302, Transportation Code, is amended
 1-5     by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
 1-6           (h)  If the governing body of a municipality or county
 1-7     determines that it is necessary, the governing body may adopt an
 1-8     ordinance or order allowing an operator to stop, stand, or park a
 1-9     passenger car or light truck on a portion of a sidewalk that
1-10     extends across a private driveway if the driveway is not long
1-11     enough to permit the stopping, standing, or parking of the
1-12     passenger car or light truck on the driveway without stopping,
1-13     standing, or parking on the sidewalk.  To the extent of any
1-14     conflict between the ordinance or order and Subsection (a)(2), the
1-15     ordinance or order prevails.
1-16           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-17     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-18     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-19     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-20     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.