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.