81R27620 JTS-F
 
  By: Thibaut H.B. No. 2346
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the removal of illegally parked vehicles from
  residential parking permit areas in certain municipalities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2308.354, Occupations Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  In addition to the authority granted under Subsection
  (a) and to aid in the enforcement of an ordinance regulating the
  parking of vehicles, a municipality with a population of 1.9
  million or more may authorize a designated employee to request the
  removal of a vehicle parked illegally in an area designated as a
  tow-away zone in a residential area where on-street parking is
  regulated by the ordinance.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.