Bill Text: TX SB1502 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to county regulation of the removal and storage in certain counties of unlawfully stopped motor vehicles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-06 - Not again placed on intent calendar [SB1502 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1502-Comm_Sub.html
By: Garcia | S.B. No. 1502 | |
(In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2015; March 23, 2015, read | ||
first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; | ||
April 23, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee | ||
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 2; April 23, 2015, | ||
sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1502 | By: Ellis |
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relating to county regulation of the removal and storage in certain | ||
counties of unlawfully stopped motor vehicles. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 545.306, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 545.306. REGULATION OF TOWING COMPANIES IN CERTAIN | ||
COUNTIES. (a) The commissioners court of a county with a | ||
population of 3.3 million or more shall by order [ |
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provide for the licensing of or the granting of a permit to a person | ||
to remove or store a vehicle authorized by Section 545.305 to be | ||
removed in an unincorporated area of the county. | ||
(b) The commissioners court of a county with a population of | ||
3.3 million or more may by order provide for a person to remove or | ||
store a vehicle that is authorized by Section 545.305 to be removed | ||
and is located in the corporate boundaries of a municipality in the | ||
county only if the county has entered into an interlocal agreement | ||
with the municipality for that purpose. | ||
(c) An order under Subsection (a) or (b) [ |
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must include rules to ensure the protection of the public and the | ||
safe and efficient operation of towing and storage services in the | ||
county and may not regulate or restrict the use of lighting | ||
equipment more than the extent allowed by state and federal law. | ||
The sheriff shall determine the rules included in the order | ||
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(d) For an order under Subsection (a), the [ |
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commissioners court shall set the fee for the license or permit in | ||
an amount that reasonably offsets the costs of enforcing the order | ||
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permit fee to pay salaries and expenses of the sheriff's office for | ||
conducting inspections to determine compliance with the order | ||
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salvage. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
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