Amend CSHB 2571 (Senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 3 of the bill, strike added Section
2308.0575(b), Occupations Code (page 2, lines 30 through 36), and
substitute the following:
(b) In adopting rules under Subsection (a), the commission
shall contract for a study that:
(1) examines nonconsent towing fee studies conducted
by municipalities in this state; and
(2) analyzes for private property tows the cost of
services by company, the consumer price index, the geographic area,
and individual cost components.
(2) In SECTION 5 of the bill, in the heading to amended
Section 2308.204, Occupations Code (page 2, line 63), strike
"NONCONSENT" and substitute "PRIVATE PROPERTY [NONCONSENT]".
(3) In SECTION 5 of the bill, in amended Section 2308.204,
Occupations Code (page 2, line 68), strike "[from private
property]" and substitute "from private property".
(4) In SECTION 17 of the bill, strike amended Section
2308.458(b), Occupations Code (page 5, lines 40 through 48), and
substitute the following:
(b) The court shall notify the person who requested the
hearing, the parking facility owner [person] or law enforcement
agency that authorized the removal of the vehicle, the towing
company, and the vehicle storage facility in which the vehicle was
placed of the date, time, and place of the hearing in a manner
provided by Rule 21a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. The notice of
the hearing to the towing company and the parking facility owner
[person] or law enforcement agency that authorized the removal of
the vehicle shall include a copy of the request for hearing.
(5) In SECTION 18 of the bill, in added Section 2308.460(b),
Occupations Code (page 5, line 57), immediately following the
period, insert "The department must provide notice of the
suspension to the license holder at least 30 days before the date
the license is to be suspended.".
(6) In SECTION 20 of the bill (page 6, line 14), strike
"April" and substitute "September".
(7) In SECTION 22 of the bill, strike Subsection (b) of that
section (page 6, lines 29 and 30) and substitute the following:
(b) Section 2308.0575, Occupations Code, as added by this
Act, takes effect September 1, 2010.