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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the notice required to remove a vehicle with an expired |
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registration or inspection certificate from certain private |
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property. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2308.253, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(e) A contract provision providing for the removal from a |
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parking facility of a vehicle that does not display an unexpired |
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license plate or registration insignia or a valid inspection |
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certificate is valid only if the provision requires the owner or |
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operator of the vehicle to be given at least 10 days' written notice |
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that the vehicle will be towed from the facility at the vehicle |
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owner's or operator's expense if it is not removed from the parking |
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facility. The notice must be: |
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(1) delivered in person to the owner or operator of the |
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vehicle; [or] |
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(2) sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, |
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to that owner or operator; or |
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(3) attached in a conspicuous manner to the vehicle's |
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front windshield or, if the vehicle does not have a front |
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windshield, to an easily visible part of the vehicle. |
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(e-1) A notice provided in the manner described by |
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Subsection (e)(3) must state, as applicable, that the vehicle does |
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not have: |
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(1) an unexpired license plate or registration |
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insignia issued for the vehicle under Chapter 502, Transportation |
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Code, or under the vehicle registration law of another state or |
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country; or |
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(2) a valid inspection certificate issued under |
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Chapter 548, Transportation Code, or under the vehicle inspection |
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law of another state or country. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2308.253(e), Occupations Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to a contract, including a lease |
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or rental agreement, entered into on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A contract entered into before that date is governed by |
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the law in effect on the date the contract was entered into, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2014. |