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


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 516
By: Gray
Urban Affairs
4/6/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)



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. C.S.H.B. 516 modifies the
restrictions based on municipal population to grant all municipalities that
have populations greater than 40,000, 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 40,000, 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.


COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 516 modifies the original bill in SECTION 1 by amending Section
682.001 (Applicability), Transportation Code, to provide that Chapter 682
applies only to a municipality that has a population greater than 40,000,
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, rather than repealing Section 682.001.  Repealing Section
682.001 would have granted all municipalities, regardless of size, the
authority to enforce orders related to parking and stopping offenses.