Section 443.0151. Visitor Parking Facilities

TX Govt Code § 443.0151 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 443.0151. VISITOR PARKING FACILITIES. (a) The board shall operate a garage or similar parking facility for the benefit of visitors to the Capitol Complex. The parking facility is under the control of the board.

(b) The board may set and collect a fee for parking. Revenue from the parking facility shall be credited to the Capitol fund. If revenue bonds are issued for the project, the board shall transfer to the Texas Public Finance Authority the amount necessary for the debt service on not more than one-half of the total amount of bonds issued.

(c) The Department of Public Safety shall enforce the rules of the board governing parking in the facility in the same manner in which the department enforces the department's rules under Subchapter E, Chapter 411, including the issuance of administrative citations for violations of the board's rules. Except as provided by board rule, the parking rules of the department adopted under that subchapter do not apply to parking in the facility.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 270, Sec. 2, eff. May 26, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.