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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prohibition on parking a commercial motor vehicle in |
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certain residential subdivisions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 545.307, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsections (b) and (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), after 10 p.m. |
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and before 6 a.m., a person may not park a commercial motor vehicle |
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or leave the vehicle parked: |
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(1) in a private driveway that is located in a |
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residential subdivision; or |
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(2) on a street that is maintained by a county or |
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municipality and for which signs are posted as provided by |
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Subsection (c) if the street: |
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(A) [(1)] is located within a residential |
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subdivision; or |
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(B) [(2)] is adjacent to a residential |
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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. |
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(b-1) A person may park a commercial motor vehicle or leave |
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the vehicle parked in a private driveway that is located in a |
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residential subdivision, or on a street for which signs are posted |
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as provided by Subsection (c) if the commercial motor 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 |
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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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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |