1-1     By:  Elkins, Solis (Senate Sponsor - Lindsay)          H.B. No. 674
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2001;
 1-3     May 10, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Intergovernmental Relations; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by
 1-5     the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to
 1-6     printer.)
 1-7                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-8                                   AN ACT
 1-9     relating to stopping, standing, or parking a vehicle on a sidewalk.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Section 545.302, Transportation Code, is amended
1-12     by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
1-13           (h)  If the governing body of a municipality or county
1-14     determines that it is necessary, the governing body may adopt an
1-15     ordinance or order allowing an operator to stop, stand, or park a
1-16     passenger car or light truck on a portion of a sidewalk that
1-17     extends across a private driveway if the driveway is not long
1-18     enough to permit the stopping, standing, or parking of the
1-19     passenger car or light truck on the driveway without stopping,
1-20     standing, or parking on the sidewalk.  To the extent of any
1-21     conflict between the ordinance or order and Subsection (a)(2), the
1-22     ordinance or order prevails.
1-23           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-24     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-25     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-26     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-27     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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