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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the civil prosecution of offenses involving certain |
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municipal parking ordinances; authorizing a civil fine. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 601.001, Local Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 601.001. PARKING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. (a) A |
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municipality by ordinance may regulate the parking of motor |
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vehicles on private property and may enforce the ordinance in the |
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same manner that it enforces ordinances regulating parking in |
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public no-parking zones, including the impoundment of offending |
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vehicles. |
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(b) As provided by Chapter 682, Transportation Code, a |
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municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more may: |
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(1) declare the violation of a municipal ordinance |
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relating to the parking of an unattended motor vehicle in the front |
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or side yard of a single-family residence in a residential area to |
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be a civil offense; and |
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(2) by ordinance establish an administrative |
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adjudication hearing procedure under which a civil fine may be |
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imposed. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |