Texas Administrative Code › Title 13 - CULTURAL RESOURCES › Part 7 - STATE PRESERVATION BOARD › Chapter 111 - RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD › Section 111.38 - Parking Assignments

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) The assignment
				to a reserved space or open facility is considered a privilege that 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 board. The acceptance and use of a parking assignment constitutes
				acceptance of all sections and rules regarding such assignment. The board may
				designate lots or parking structures 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 §
									RSA 411.063<subdiv>(c)</subdiv>,
				and §
									RSA 111.39
				of this title (relating to Priority of Parking Assignments).
(b) Each occupying agency will designate one
				of its employees to be the parking coordinator, and parking administration will
				provide each coordinator with detailed instructions for the proper
				administration of these rules.
(c)
				Employees of state agencies are eligible to park in an unrestricted parking lot
				or structure 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. Parking in unrestricted lots or structures shall be on a first
				come-first park basis.
(d)
				Employees, upon request, may be placed on a waiting list for an open parking
				assignment to a restricted parking lot or restricted parking structure 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 parking structures
				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 parking structures. Such surveys will be
				conducted at times, and during months that have been observed by 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, 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 parking structure 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 parking
				administration 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 subsection (e) of this section.
(e) Whenever a new restricted parking lot or
				restricted parking structure is opened for operation, assignments will be made
				as near as possible to the employee's work location. Whenever a new parking
				structure is opened that is connected to or part of a building, whether by new
				construction or by purchase of an existing facility, assignments to that
				location may be made first to the employees occupying the building. Additional
				and further assignments will be made in accordance with these
				sections..
(f) 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.
(g) Parking administration may designate and
				request the board 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 visitor parking in the Capitol Complex.
(h) In making assignments to open parking
				facilities, individual space assignments are not permitted. Parking
				administration may assign more individuals to park in the lot or parking
				structure than there are spaces available. Determination of the number of
				assignments to such an area, as 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.
(i) Each state agency housed in the Capitol
				Complex or on other state property administered by parking administration is
				allotted a number of reserved spaces based on the needs of the agency and the
				availability of spaces. Parking administration 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 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 parking structure as described in § 111.43 of this title
				(relating to Monthly Parking Fees, Payment, and Refunds). All other spaces,
				whether a part or the whole of a lot or parking structure, shall be marked for
				open assignment in accordance with these sections.
(j) Parking administration may make space
				trades for employees currently having assigned spaces. In allowing such trades,
				parking administration shall satisfy itself that the best interests of the
				state will be served.
(k) If an
				employee is transferred to another work station outside the jurisdiction of
				parking administration or is terminated, he or she shall relinquish his or her
				assignment.
(l) In case of a
				transfer, should the employee be reassigned within six months of the original
				transfer, he or she shall be entitled to a priority assignment in the same
				facility as his or her relinquished assignment if a space is
				available.
(m) Subleasing an
				assignment shall not be permitted and is a violation of these sections. It is
				permissible for an employee who is assigned a reserved space by his or her
				agency to allow another state employee to use that assignment during vacations,
				absences due to illness, or official travel, provided the parking coordinator
				for his or her agency is notified in advance, but charging a fee for this favor
				is a violation of these sections.