Lalani Parking Bill Lets Cities Make Residents Pay For The Signs

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89R6245 SRA-F

By: Lalani
H.B. No. 3881

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the parking of a commercial motor vehicle in or near

certain residential subdivisions.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. The heading to Section 545.307, Transportation

Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 545.307. [ OVERNIGHT ] PARKING OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR

VEHICLE IN OR NEAR RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION.

SECTION 2. Section 545.307, Transportation Code, is amended

by amending Subsections (b), (b-1), (c), and (d) and adding

Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), [ after 10 p.m.

and before 6 a.m., ] a person may not park a commercial motor vehicle

or leave the vehicle parked on a street that is maintained by a

county or municipality and for which signs are posted as provided by

Subsection (c) if the street:

(1) is located within a residential subdivision; or

(2) is adjacent to a residential subdivision and

within 1,000 feet of the property line of a residence, school, place

of worship, [ or ] park , or retail area .

(b-1) A person may park a commercial motor vehicle or leave

the vehicle parked on a street for which signs are posted as

provided by Subsection (c) if the commercial motor vehicle is

parked for a period not to exceed two hours, and either:

(1) the operator of the commercial motor vehicle:

(A) is present in the vehicle the entire period

the vehicle remains parked; and

(B) is taking a rest break or other lawfully

mandated break; or

(2) the commercial motor vehicle :

(A) [ (1) ] is transporting persons or property to

or from the residential subdivision or performing work in the

subdivision; and

(B) [ (2) ] remains parked in or adjacent to the

subdivision only for the period necessary to complete the

transportation or work.

(c) A [ The residents of a residential subdivision may

petition a ] county or municipality in which a residential [ the ]

subdivision is located shall post [ for the posting of ] signs

prohibiting the [ overnight ] parking of a commercial motor vehicle

in the subdivision or on a street adjacent to the subdivision and

within 1,000 feet of the property line of a residence, school, place

of worship, [ or ] park , or retail area . [ The petition must be signed

by at least 25 percent of the owners or tenants of residences in the

subdivision. Not more than one person for each residence may sign

the petition, and each person signing must be at least 18 years of

age. Promptly after the filing of a petition meeting the

requirements of this subsection and subject to Subsection (d), the

county or municipality receiving the petition shall post the

signs. ] The signs must:

(1) be posted:

(A) at each entrance of the subdivision through

which a commercial motor vehicle may enter the subdivision or

within the subdivision if there is not defined entrance to the

subdivision; or

(B) on a street adjacent to the subdivision; and

(2) state, in letters at least two inches in height,

that [ overnight ] parking of a commercial motor vehicle is

prohibited at all times in the subdivision or on a street adjacent

to the subdivision.

(d) A county or municipality [ receiving a petition under

Subsection (c) ] may condition the posting of the signs on payment by

the residents of the residential subdivision of the cost of

providing the signs.

(e-1) A commercial motor vehicle found to be parked in

violation of Subsection (b) may immediately be towed.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.