(a) Subject to subsection (b), the Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (“HSH”) shall collaborate with the Municipal Transportation Agency (“MTA”) to develop an On-Street Parking Citation and Tow- and Storage-Fee Abatement Program (“Abatement Program”) to provide eligible individuals with waivers of parking citation fines and vehicle towing and storage fees resulting from MTA parking citations and tows, to the extent authorized by state or City law. As part of the Abatement Program, HSH shall also collaborate with the MTA and other agencies to develop and administer a tow-hazard notification and mitigation system designed to 1) identify vehicles at risk of being towed due to excessive unpaid, delinquent parking citations, 2) notify the registered owners or occupants of such vehicles of the risk of being towed, 3) offer ways to mitigate or eliminate the risk of towing, and 4) for vehicles that appear to be inhabited, provide occupants clear information regarding services offered by HSH, and a standardized referral to HSH for such services. The purpose of the Abatement Program is to provide economic relief for eligible individuals and clear referral to social services.
(b) Approval, implementation, and administration of the Abatement Program is subject to MTA’s exclusive authority under the Charter to establish fines and fees and regulate on-street parking and other applicable City law, including Transportation Code, Division II, Articles 300 and 900.
