HB959
Towing violations; enforcement.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Towing violations; enforcement; fuel surcharge fee.
Authorizes localities in Planning Districts 8 and 16 to require written authorization of the owner of the property from which the vehicle is towed at the time the vehicle is being towed and regulate the monitoring practices that may be used by towing and recovery operators. Current law authorizes localities ... (More) other than those in Planning Districts 8 and 16 to require written authorization of the owner of the property from which the vehicle is towed at the time the vehicle is being towed. The bill changes the penalty for certain trespass towing offenses in Planning District 8 from $150 per violation paid to the Literary Fund to 10 times the total amount charged for such removal, towing, and storage to be paid to the victim of the unlawful towing. The bill also changes the expiration date of the authorization for towing and recovery operators to charge a fuel surcharge fee of no more than $20 for each vehicle towed or removed from private property without the consent of its owner and the prohibition on local governing bodies limiting or prohibiting such fee from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/09/2024 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101550D
- 01/09/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 01/26/2024 - House: Assigned Transportation sub: Innovations (Ad Hoc)
- 02/02/2024 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/02/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/2024 - House: Reported from Transportation with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/2024 - House: Committee substitute printed 24105910D-H1
- 02/08/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/09/2024 - House: Read second time
- 02/09/2024 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 24105910D-H1
- 02/09/2024 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB959H1
- 02/12/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House (98-Y 2-N)
- 02/12/2024 - House: VOTE: Passage (98-Y 2-N)
- 02/13/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/13/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Transportation
- 02/22/2024 - Senate: Reported from Transportation (12-Y 2-N 1-A)
- 02/22/2024 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/27/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB959H1)
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 24108476D-S1
- 02/29/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/2024 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/01/2024 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/04/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB959S1)
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24108476D-S1
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB959S1
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (37-Y 2-N)
- 03/05/2024 - House: Senate substitute agreed to by House 24108476D-S1 (99-Y 1-N)
- 03/05/2024 - House: VOTE: Adoption (99-Y 1-N)
- 03/25/2024 - House: Enrolled
- 03/25/2024 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB959ER)
- 03/25/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/2024 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/05/2024 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 537 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/05/2024 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0537)
