HBA-ATS H.B. 516 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 516
By: Gray
Urban Affairs
2/10/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, a municipality may 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 councilmanager form of government or with populations
of 500,000 or more are empowered to do so.  H.B. 516 repeals the
restrictions based on municipal population to grant all municipalities,
regardless of size, 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.  Repealer: Section 682.001, Transportation Code (Applicability).
Section 682.001 limits the application of administrative adjudication of
vehicle parking and stopping offenses to municipalities with defined
characteristics. 

SECTION 2.  Emergency clause.
            Effective date: upon passage.