86R3721 BEE-D
 
  By: Neave H.B. No. 626
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to notice of a person's right to a hearing placed on a sign
  prohibiting unauthorized vehicles on a parking facility.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2308.301(b), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Except as provided by Section 2308.305, an unauthorized
  vehicle may be towed under Section 2308.252(a)(1) or booted under
  Section 2308.257 only if each sign prohibiting unauthorized
  vehicles:
               (1)  is made of weather-resistant material;
               (2)  is at least 18 inches wide and 24 inches tall;
               (3)  contains the international symbol for towing
  vehicles;
               (4)  contains a statement describing who may park in
  the parking facility and prohibiting all others;
               (5)  bears the words, as applicable:
                     (A)  "Unauthorized Vehicles Will Be Towed or
  Booted at Owner's or Operator's Expense";
                     (B)  "Unauthorized Vehicles Will Be Towed at
  Owner's or Operator's Expense"; or
                     (C)  "Unauthorized Vehicles Will Be Booted at
  Owner's or Operator's Expense";
               (6)  contains a statement of the days and hours of
  towing and booting enforcement; [and]
               (7)  contains a number, including the area code, of a
  telephone that is answered 24 hours a day to enable an owner or
  operator of a vehicle to locate a towed vehicle or to arrange for
  removal of a boot from a vehicle; and
               (8)  contains a statement describing a person's right
  to request a court hearing to determine whether probable cause
  existed to remove, or install a boot on, a vehicle.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2308.302, Occupations Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
  follows:
         (d)  Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (e) and
  (f), the next lower portion of the sign must contain the remaining
  information required by Section 2308.301(b) displayed in bright red
  letters at least one inch in height on a white background.
         (f)  A sign that otherwise meets the requirements of this
  subchapter meets the requirements of Section 2308.301(b)(8) if a
  separate sign installed directly above or below the sign contains
  the statement describing a person's right to request a hearing
  required by Section 2308.301(b)(8).
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2020.