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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;background:yellow; mso-highlight:yellow'>Edited to show Sec. 545.307 only<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;background:yellow; mso-highlight:yellow'>Full Document: <a href="http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/TN/htm/TN.545.htm#545.307">http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/TN/htm/TN.545.htm#545.307</a></span><span style='font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=center><a name=A></a><a name=71143.61232></a><a name=545.001></a><a name=71144.106496></a><span style='color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=center><span style='color:black'>TRANSPORTATION CODE<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=center><span class=GramE><span style='color:black'>TITLE 7.</span></span><span style='color:black'> VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=center><span style='color:black'>SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=center><span class=GramE><span style='color:black'>CHAPTER 545.</span></span><span style='color:black'> OPERATION AND MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:42.0pt'><a name=545.307></a><a name=71205.106499></a><span class=GramE><span style='color:black'>Sec. 545.307.</span></span><span style='color:black'>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=GramE>OVERNIGHT PARKING OF COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLE IN OR NEAR RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION.</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;In this section:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:78.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Commercial motor vehicle&quot; means:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:114.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(A)&nbsp;&nbsp;a commercial motor vehicle, as defined by Section 522.003, and includes a vehicle meeting that definition regardless of whether the vehicle is used for a commercial purpose; or<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:114.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(B)&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=GramE>a</span> road tractor, truck tractor, pole trailer, or semitrailer, as those terms are defined by Section 541.201.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:78.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Residential subdivision&quot; means a subdivision in a county with a population greater than 220,000:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:114.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(A)&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=GramE>for</span> which a plat is recorded in the county real property records; and<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:114.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(B)&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=GramE>in</span> which the majority of lots are subject to deed restrictions limiting the lots to residential use.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:42.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;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:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:78.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;is located within a residential subdivision; or<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:78.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=GramE>is</span> adjacent to a residential subdivision and within 1,000 feet of the property line of a residence, school, place of worship, or park.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:42.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(<span class=GramE>b-1</span>)&nbsp;&nbsp;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:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:78.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=GramE>is</span> transporting persons or property to or from the residential subdivision or performing work in the subdivision;&nbsp;&nbsp;and<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:78.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=GramE>remains</span> parked in or adjacent to the subdivision only for the period necessary to complete the transportation or work.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:42.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;The residents of a residential subdivision may petition a county or municipality in which the subdivision is located 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.&nbsp;&nbsp;The petition must be signed by at least 25 percent of the owners or tenants of residences in the subdivision.&nbsp;&nbsp;Not more than one person for each residence may sign the petition, and each person signing must be at least 18 years of age.&nbsp;&nbsp;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.&nbsp;&nbsp;The signs must:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:78.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=GramE>be</span> posted:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:114.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(A)&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=GramE>at</span> 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<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:114.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(B)&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=GramE>on</span> a street adjacent to the subdivision;&nbsp;&nbsp;and<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:78.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=GramE>state</span>, in letters at least two inches in height, that overnight parking of a commercial motor vehicle is prohibited in the subdivision or on a street adjacent to the subdivision.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:42.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;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.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:42.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;A person commits an offense if the person parks a commercial motor vehicle in violation of Subsection (b).<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:42.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;This section does not limit the power of a municipality to regulate the parking of commercial motor vehicles.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:42.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;For the purposes of this section, contiguous subdivisions that are developed by the same entity or a successor to that entity and that are given the same public name or a variation of the same public name are considered one subdivision. Separation of one of the subdivisions from another by a road, stream, greenbelt, or similar barrier does not make the subdivisions noncontiguous.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:42.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;This section does not apply to:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:78.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;a vehicle owned by a utility that an employee of the utility who is on call 24 hours a day parks at the employee's residence; or<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:78.0pt'><span style='color:black'>(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class=GramE>a</span> vehicle owned by a commercial establishment that is parked on the street adjacent to where the establishment is located.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:18.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=left><span style='color:black'>Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., <span class=SpellE>ch</span>. 173, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., <span class=SpellE>ch</span>. 731, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., <span class=SpellE>ch</span>. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1999.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left><span style='color:black'>Amended by: <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:42.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. <a href="http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HB01522F.HTM" target=new>1021</a>, Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=left style='text-indent:42.0pt'><span style='color:black'>Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. <a href="http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/html/HB01522F.HTM" target=new>1021</a>, Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </body> </html>