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.