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.