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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the parking of a commercial motor vehicle in or near |
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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. The heading to Section 545.307, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 545.307. [OVERNIGHT] PARKING OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR |
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VEHICLE IN OR NEAR RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. |
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SECTION 2. Section 545.307, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsections (b), (b-1), (c), and (d) and adding |
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Subsection (e-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 on a street that is maintained by a |
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county or municipality and for which signs are posted as provided by |
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Subsection (c) if the street: |
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(1) is located within a residential subdivision; or |
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(2) is adjacent to a residential subdivision and |
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within 1,000 feet of the property line of a residence, school, place |
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of worship, [or] park, or retail area. |
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(b-1) A person may park a commercial motor vehicle or leave |
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the vehicle parked on a street for which signs are posted as |
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provided by Subsection (c) if the commercial motor vehicle is |
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parked for a period not to exceed two hours, and either: |
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(1) the operator of the commercial motor vehicle: |
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(A) is present in the vehicle the entire period |
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the vehicle remains parked; and |
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(B) is taking a rest break or other lawfully |
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mandated break; or |
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(2) the commercial motor vehicle: |
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(A) [(1)] is transporting persons or property to |
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or from the residential subdivision or performing work in the |
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subdivision; and |
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(B) [(2)] remains parked in or adjacent to the |
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subdivision only for the period necessary to complete the |
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transportation or work. |
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(c) A [The residents of a residential subdivision may |
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petition a] county or municipality in which a residential [the] |
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subdivision is located shall post [for the posting of] signs |
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prohibiting the [overnight] parking of a commercial motor vehicle |
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in the subdivision or on a street adjacent to the subdivision and |
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within 1,000 feet of the property line of a residence, school, place |
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of worship, [or] park, or retail area. [The petition must be signed |
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by at least 25 percent of the owners or tenants of residences in the |
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subdivision. Not more than one person for each residence may sign |
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the petition, and each person signing must be at least 18 years of |
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age. Promptly after the filing of a petition meeting the |
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requirements of this subsection and subject to Subsection (d), the |
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county or municipality receiving the petition shall post the |
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signs.] The signs must: |
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(1) be posted: |
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(A) at each entrance of the subdivision through |
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which a commercial motor vehicle may enter the subdivision or |
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within the subdivision if there is not defined entrance to the |
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subdivision; or |
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(B) on a street adjacent to the subdivision; and |
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(2) state, in letters at least two inches in height, |
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that [overnight] parking of a commercial motor vehicle is |
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prohibited at all times in the subdivision or on a street adjacent |
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to the subdivision. |
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(d) A county or municipality [receiving a petition under |
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Subsection (c)] may condition the posting of the signs on payment by |
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the residents of the residential subdivision of the cost of |
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providing the signs. |
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(e-1) A commercial motor vehicle found to be parked in |
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violation of Subsection (b) may immediately be towed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |