Texas Administrative Code › Title 37 - PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS › Part 1 - TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 3 - TEXAS HIGHWAY PATROL › Subchapter K - PARKING AND TRAFFIC ADMINISTRATION › Section 3.162 - Assignment to a Reserved Space or Open Facility

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The assignment to a reserved space or
				  open facility is considered a privilege which can be revoked at any time for
				  nonpayment or noncompliance with the parking regulations. In addition, this
				  privilege may be revoked to permit implementation of changes in the parking
				  system or these rules as mandated by the department. The acceptance and use of
				  a parking assignment constitutes acceptance of all sections and regulations
				  regarding such assignment. The department may designate lots or garages for use
				  by employees of particular buildings in order to give better distribution to
				  parking utilization, subject to the priority of assignment established in Texas
				  Government Code, Section
				  411.063(c),
				  and Sections
				  3.166 of
				  this title (relating to Priority of Assignments).
(b) Employees of state agencies are eligible
				  for assigned parking so long as they office four hours or more a day during the
				  normal state work week between the hours of 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. within the
				  Capitol Complex. If the department enters into a contract or agreement to
				  administer the parking for an area outside the Capitol Complex, the same rules
				  will apply.
(c) Employees, upon
				  request, may be placed on a waiting list for an open parking assignment to a
				  lot or garage in close proximity to their work location. They may be placed on
				  the list for not more than two locations, applicable only to those lots or
				  garages designated for use by the building where the applicant is employed.
				  Utilization surveys of open parking areas will be conducted to determine the
				  number of available spaces in all lots and garages. Such surveys will be
				  conducted at times, and during months, which have been observed by the parking
				  administration as typically having the largest number of vehicles using open
				  parking. When utilization surveys show a pattern of available spaces in an open
				  parking location, the parking administration will make available a number of
				  open parking assignments, after taking into consideration the pattern of
				  utilization and the number of current assignments for the particular location.
				  Eligible employees will be notified in writing. The employee will be given five
				  working days in which to accept or decline the assignment. When notification
				  letters have been mailed, employees are automatically removed from the waiting
				  list for the lot or garage designated in the notification letter. Once a
				  parking assignment has been accepted by an employee, that employee is
				  automatically removed from all waiting lists. New applications, not immediately
				  assignable, shall be dated and time stamped as they are received by the
				  department and placed on the respective lists in chronological order.
				  Assignments from the waiting list will be made on a "first-on, first-off"
				  basis, except as provided in §
										3.163
				  of this title (relating to New Lots/Garages).
(d) All assignments relinquished, cancelled,
				  terminated, or forfeited shall become reassignable in accordance with these
				  sections on the effective date of relinquishment, cancellation, termination, or
				  forfeiture.
(e) The department may
				  designate and request the commission or the Texas Department of Transportation
				  to mark and place appropriate signs, traffic control devices and meters for
				  traffic control and parking regulation, and to designate parking spaces for
				  state-owned vehicles and visitors parking in the Capitol Complex, or on other
				  state property outside the Capitol Complex when said property is administered
				  by the department as provided in §
										3.161 of this
				  title (relating to General).
(f) In
				  making assignments to open parking facilities, individual space assignments are
				  not permitted. The department may assign more individuals to park in the lot or
				  garage than there are spaces available. Determination of the number of
				  assignments to such an area, allowed by this subsection, shall be based upon
				  information obtained during peak utilization periods. Adjustments in the number
				  of permitted assignments may be made from time to time as circumstances
				  warrant, in an effort to obtain full utilization of state parking
				  facilities.
(g) Each state agency
				  housed in the Capitol Complex, or on other state property administered by the
				  department, is allotted a number of reserved spaces based on the needs of the
				  agency and the availability of spaces. The department will ensure that all
				  agencies are allocated at least one space for individual assignment. Each state
				  agency is responsible for assignment of these spaces and for notifying the
				  parking administration of all reserved assignments, additions, and deletions. A
				  monthly charge shall be paid quarterly in advance for each assigned reserved
				  space within a lot or garage as described in §
										3.165
				  of this title (relating to Monthly Parking Charges, Payment, and Refunds). All
				  other spaces whether a part or the whole of a lot or garage shall be marked for
				  open assignment in accord with these sections.