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By: Garcia |
S.B. No. 1502 |
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(In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2015; March 23, 2015, read |
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first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; |
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April 23, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 2; April 23, 2015, |
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sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1502 |
By: Ellis |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to county regulation of the removal and storage in certain |
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counties of unlawfully stopped motor vehicles. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 545.306, Transportation Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 545.306. REGULATION OF TOWING COMPANIES IN CERTAIN |
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COUNTIES. (a) The commissioners court of a county with a |
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population of 3.3 million or more shall by order [ordinance] |
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provide for the licensing of or the granting of a permit to a person |
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to remove or store a vehicle authorized by Section 545.305 to be |
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removed in an unincorporated area of the county. |
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(b) The commissioners court of a county with a population of |
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3.3 million or more may by order provide for a person to remove or |
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store a vehicle that is authorized by Section 545.305 to be removed |
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and is located in the corporate boundaries of a municipality in the |
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county only if the county has entered into an interlocal agreement |
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with the municipality for that purpose. |
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(c) An order under Subsection (a) or (b) [The ordinance] |
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must include rules to ensure the protection of the public and the |
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safe and efficient operation of towing and storage services in the |
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county and may not regulate or restrict the use of lighting |
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equipment more than the extent allowed by state and federal law. |
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The sheriff shall determine the rules included in the order |
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[ordinance] with the review and consent of the commissioners court. |
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(d) For an order under Subsection (a), the [(b) The] |
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commissioners court shall set the fee for the license or permit in |
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an amount that reasonably offsets the costs of enforcing the order |
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[ordinance]. The commissioners court shall use each license or |
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permit fee to pay salaries and expenses of the sheriff's office for |
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conducting inspections to determine compliance with the order |
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[ordinance] and laws relating to dealers in scrap metal and |
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salvage. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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