By: Barrientos S.B. No. 1533
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to state employees parking in state-owned garages.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (g), Section 2165.2035,
Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:
(g) Any lease of a state-owned parking lot or garage under
this section must contain a provision that allows state employees
who work hours other than regular working hours under Section
658.005 to retain their parking privileges in a state-owned parking
lot or garage. Such a lease must also provide that any state
employee showing a State of Texas Employee Identification Card is
permitted to park in any state-owned parking lot or garage free of
charge after normal business hours and on weekends.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.