85R5490 BEE-F     By: Isaac H.B. No. 2166       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation rules on   fees for nonconsent vehicle tows and a study on those fees.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 2308.0575(a), (c), and (f), Occupations   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  To protect the public health and safety, the commission   by rule shall establish:                (1)  the fees that may be charged in connection with a   nonconsent [private property] tow;                (2)  the maximum amount that may be charged for fees,   other than tow fees, that may be assessed by a towing company in   connection with a nonconsent [private property] tow; and                (3)  a maximum amount that may be charged for the   following nonconsent [private property] tows:                      (A)  standard light-duty tows of motor vehicles   with a gross weight rating of 10,000 pounds or less;                      (B)  medium-duty tows of motor vehicles with a   gross weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds, but less than 25,000   pounds; and                      (C)  heavy-duty tows of motor vehicles with a   gross weight rating that exceeds 25,000 pounds.          (c)  The commission may structure the maximum amounts that   may be charged for nonconsent [private property] tows based on   hourly or flat fees or by geographic location.          (f)  The department shall contract to conduct a study on   nonconsent [private property] towing fees under this section at   least once every two years.          SECTION 2.  Section 2308.202, Occupations Code, is amended   to read as follows:          Sec. 2308.202.  REGULATION BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF FEES   FOR NONCONSENT TOWS. The governing body of a political subdivision   may regulate the fees that may be charged or collected in connection   with a nonconsent tow originating in the territory of the political   subdivision if the nonconsent [private property] tow fees:                (1)  are authorized by commission rule; and                (2)  do not exceed the maximum amount authorized by   commission rule.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.