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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to parking a commercial motor vehicle on certain streets. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 545.307, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 545.307. OVERNIGHT PARKING OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE |
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IN OR NEAR RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. |
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SECTION 2. Section 545.307, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (b-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), after [After] 10 |
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p.m. and before 6 a.m., a person may not park a commercial motor |
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vehicle or leave the vehicle parked on a street that is maintained |
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by a county or municipality and [of a residential subdivision] for |
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which signs are posted as provided by Subsection (c) if the street: |
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(1) is located within a residential subdivision; or |
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(2) is adjacent to a residential subdivision and |
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within 1,000 feet of the property line of a residence, school, place |
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of worship, or park. |
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(b-1) A person may park a commercial motor vehicle or leave |
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the vehicle parked on a street for which signs are posted as |
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provided by Subsection (c) if [unless] the commercial motor |
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vehicle: |
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(1) is transporting persons or property to or from the |
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residential subdivision or performing work in the subdivision; and |
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(2) remains parked in or adjacent to the subdivision |
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only for the period necessary to complete the transportation or |
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work. |
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(c) The residents of a residential subdivision may petition |
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a county or municipality in which the subdivision is located for the |
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posting of signs prohibiting the overnight parking of a commercial |
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motor vehicle in the subdivision or on a street adjacent to the |
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subdivision and within 1,000 feet of the property line of a |
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residence, school, place of worship, or park. The petition must be |
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signed by at least 25 percent of the owners or tenants of residences |
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in the subdivision. Not more than one person for each residence may |
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sign the petition, and each person signing must be at least 18 years |
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of age. Promptly after the filing of a petition meeting the |
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requirements of this subsection and subject to Subsection (d), the |
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county or municipality receiving the petition shall post the signs. |
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The signs must: |
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(1) be posted: |
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(A) at each entrance of the subdivision through |
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which a commercial motor vehicle may enter the subdivision or |
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within the subdivision if there is not defined entrance to the |
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subdivision; or |
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(B) on a street adjacent to the subdivision; and |
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(2) state, in letters at least two inches in height, |
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that overnight parking of a commercial motor vehicle is prohibited |
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in the subdivision or on a street adjacent to the subdivision. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |