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AN ACT
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relating to parking a commercial motor vehicle on certain streets. |
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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 VEHICLE |
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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) and (c) and adding Subsections (b-1) |
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and (h) to read as follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), after [After] 10 |
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p.m. and before 6 a.m., a person may not park a commercial motor |
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vehicle or leave the vehicle parked on a street that is maintained |
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by a county or municipality and [of a residential subdivision] for |
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which signs are posted as provided by 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. |
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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 [unless] the commercial motor |
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vehicle: |
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(1) is transporting persons or property to or from the |
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residential subdivision or performing work in the subdivision; and |
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(2) remains parked in or adjacent to the subdivision |
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only for the period necessary to complete the transportation or |
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work. |
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(c) The residents of a residential subdivision may petition |
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a county or municipality in which the subdivision is located for the |
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posting of signs prohibiting the overnight parking of a commercial |
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motor vehicle in the subdivision or on a street adjacent to the |
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subdivision and within 1,000 feet of the property line of a |
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residence, school, place of worship, or park. The petition must be |
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signed by at least 25 percent of the owners or tenants of residences |
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in the subdivision. Not more than one person for each residence may |
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sign the petition, and each person signing must be at least 18 years |
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of 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 signs. |
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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 prohibited |
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in the subdivision or on a street adjacent to the subdivision. |
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(h) This section does not apply to: |
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(1) a vehicle owned by a utility that an employee of |
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the utility who is on call 24 hours a day parks at the employee's |
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residence; or |
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(2) a vehicle owned by a commercial establishment that |
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is parked on the street adjacent to where the establishment is |
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located. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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______________________________ |
______________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1522 was passed by the House on April |
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19, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 1522 on May 23, 2007, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 1522 on May 27, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 145, |
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Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1522 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 21, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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1522 on May 26, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |