By: Thibaut (Senate Sponsor - Ellis) H.B. No. 2346

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2009; May 14, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and Homeland Security; May 23, 2009, reported favorably, as amended, by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 23, 2009, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Ellis

Amend H.B. No. 2346 (engrossed version) as follows:

(1) On page 1, strike lines 23 and 24 and substitute:

SECTION 1. Section 2308.354, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:

(2) On page 1, between lines 31 and 32, insert:

(d) Subsections (a) and (c) do not apply to a vehicle owned by an electric, gas, water, or telecommunications utility while the vehicle is parked for the purpose of conducting work on a facility of the utility that is located below, above, or adjacent to the street.

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.

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