1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the authority of a municipality to authorize the 1-3 removal of certain motor vehicles from public roadways in the 1-4 municipality to aid in the enforcement of parking ordinances of the 1-5 municipality. 1-6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-7 SECTION 1. Section 684.054, Transportation Code, is amended 1-8 to read as follows: 1-9 Sec. 684.054. AUTHORITY FOR REMOVAL OF VEHICLE FROM PUBLIC 1-10 ROADWAY. (a) Under an ordinance of a municipality regulating the 1-11 parking of vehicles in the municipality, to aid in the enforcement 1-12 of the ordinance, an employee designated by the municipality may be 1-13 authorized to: 1-14 (1) immobilize a vehicle parked in the municipality; 1-15 and 1-16 (2) remove an immobilized vehicle from a public 1-17 roadway in the municipality. 1-18 (b) A parking facility owner or towing company may not 1-19 remove a vehicle from a public roadway except under: 1-20 (1) this chapter or a municipal ordinance that 1-21 complies with Section 684.101; or 1-22 (2) the direction of a peace officer or the owner or 1-23 operator of the vehicle. 1-24 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 2-1 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 2-2 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 2-3 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-4 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 996 was passed by the House on April 23, 2001, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 996 was passed by the Senate on May 10, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________________ Date __________________________ Governor