HBA-ATS H.B. 516 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 516 By: Gray Urban Affairs 6/2/1999 Enrolled BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Prior to the 76th Legislature, a municipality could enforce an order issued by an administrative adjudication hearing officer finding that a person has violated a parking and stopping offense by impounding the vehicle, placing a boot on the vehicle, imposing additional fines, or denying parking permits. However, only municipalities with populations greater than 125,000 and operating under a council-manager form of government or with populations of 500,000 or more were empowered to do so. H.B. 516 modifies the restrictions based on municipal population to grant all municipalities that have populations greater than 30,000, rather than municipalities that have populations greater than 125,000 and operate under a council-manager form of government or have populations of 500,000 or more, the authority to enforce orders related to parking and stopping offenses. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 682.001, Transportation Code, to provide that this chapter (Administrative Adjudication of Vehicle Parking and Stopping Offenses in Certain Municipalities) applies only to a municipality that has a population greater than 30,000, rather than a municipality that has a population greater than 125,000 and operates under a council-manager form of government or has a population of 500,000 or more. SECTION 2. Emergency clause. Effective date: upon passage.