HBA-LCA C.S.H.B. 2207 76(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 2207
By: Olivo
Transportation
4/22/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

In 1997, the 75th Texas Legislature authorized residential subdivisions in
a county with a population of 500,000 or more to petition the commissioners
court to prohibit a commercial vehicle from parking overnight in a
residential subdivision in response to concerns that commercial vehicles
might damage residential streets not built to withstand commercial traffic.

C.S.H.B. 2207 amends Section 545.307, Transportation Code (Overnight
Parking of Commercial Motor Vehicle in Residential Subdivision) to provide
that residents of a residential subdivision in a county with a population
of 220,000 or more may petition the commissioners court to prohibit
overnight parking of a commercial vehicle, in response to the same concerns
from smaller counties. 

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 545.307(a)(2), Transportation Code, to provide
that "residential subdivision" refers to  a subdivision in a county with a
population greater than 220,000, rather than 500,000. 

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

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

The substitute modifies the original in SECTION 1 by decreasing from
500,000 to 220,000, rather than from 500,000 to 300,000, the minimum
population of a county which contains a residential subdivision as defined
under Section 545.307, Transportation Code, relating to the overnight
parking of commercial vehicles in a residential subdivision.