89R1736 CXP-F     By: Perez of Harris H.B. No. 3063       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   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   amended to read as follows:          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   vehicles.          (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   be a civil offense; and                (2)  by ordinance establish an administrative   adjudication hearing procedure under which a civil fine may be   imposed.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.