HB 3063
AN ACT relating to the civil prosecution of offenses involving certain
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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Fiscal Note
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What This Bill Does
Allows municipalities with populations over 1.9 million (primarily Houston) to create local ordinances regulating parking on private residential property, specifically targeting vehicles parked in front or side yards of single-family homes. The legislation enables cities to establish administrative hearing procedures where property owners can be assessed civil fines for parking violations, providing a formal mechanism for enforcing local parking regulations on private property.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to the civil prosecution of offenses involving certain municipal parking ordinances; authorizing a civil fine. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 601.001, Local Government Code, is Sec. 601.001. PARKING ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. (a) A municipality by ordinance may regulate the parking of motor vehicles on private property and may enforce the ordinance in the same manner that it enforces ordinances regulating parking in public no-parking zones, including the impoundment of offending (b) As provided by Chapter 682, Transportation Code, a municipality with a population of 1.9 million or more may: (1) declare the violation of a municipal ordinance relating to the parking of an unattended motor vehicle in the front or side yard of a single-family residence in a residential area to (2) by ordinance establish an administrative adjudication hearing procedure under which a civil fine may be SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the civil prosecution of offenses involving certain
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