Bill Text: TX HB3286 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the overnight parking of a commercial motor vehicle near certain apartment complexes.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB3286 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3286-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3286 |
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relating to the overnight parking of a commercial motor vehicle | ||
near certain apartment complexes. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 545, Transportation Code, | ||
is amended by adding Section 545.3075 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 545.3075. OVERNIGHT PARKING OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR | ||
VEHICLE NEAR CERTAIN APARTMENT COMPLEXES. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Apartment complex" means two or more dwellings in | ||
one or more buildings that are owned by the same owner, located on | ||
the same lot or tract, and managed by the same owner, agent, or | ||
management company. | ||
(2) "Commercial motor vehicle" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 545.307. | ||
(b) This section applies only to the unincorporated area of | ||
a county with a population of more than 3.3 million. | ||
(c) The owner or manager of an apartment complex may make a | ||
request to the county in which the apartment complex is located for | ||
the posting of official signs prohibiting the parking of a | ||
commercial motor vehicle in a public right-of-way adjacent to the | ||
complex after 10 p.m. and before 6 a.m. A request under this | ||
subsection must be signed and in writing. | ||
(d) A county receiving a request under Subsection (c) may | ||
post one or more signs as requested or as the county determines to | ||
be necessary. | ||
(e) A sign posted under Subsection (d) must: | ||
(1) be posted in the public right-of-way: | ||
(A) not more than 10 feet from the property line | ||
of the apartment complex; and | ||
(B) facing the roadway; and | ||
(2) include: | ||
(A) a statement, in letters at least two inches | ||
in height, that parking of a commercial motor vehicle is prohibited | ||
from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. in the public right-of-way or portion of the | ||
public right-of-way; and | ||
(B) arrows clearly indicating the area of the | ||
public right-of-way subject to the parking restriction. | ||
(f) This section does not apply to a vehicle owned by a | ||
commercial establishment that is parked in the public right-of-way | ||
adjacent to the property where the establishment is located. | ||
(g) This section does not apply to public rights-of-way that | ||
are part of the state highway system. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3286 was passed by the House on May | ||
13, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 10, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 3286 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 12, | ||
1 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3286 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 27, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
1. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |