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Sec. 545.307 TEXAS CRIMINAL AND TRAFFIC LAW 858 Stats. 2003 78th Leg. Sess. Ch. 1034, effective September 1, 2003. Sec. 545.307. Overnight Parking of Commercial Motor Vehicle In Residen- tial Subdivision. (a) In this section: (1) "Commercial motor vehicle" means: (A) a commercial motor vehicle, as defined by Section 522.003, and includes a vehicle meeting that definition regardless of whether the vehicle is used for a commercial purpose; or (B) a road tractor, truck tractor, pole trailer, or semitrailer, as those terms are defined by Section 541.201. (2) "Residential subdivision" means a subdi- vision in a county with a population greater than 220,000: (A) for which a plat is recorded in the county real property records; and (B) in which the majority of lots are sub- ject to deed restrictions limiting the lots to residential use. (b) After 10 p.m. and before 6 a.m., a person may not park a commercial motor vehicle or leave the vehicle parked on a street of a residential subdivision for which signs are posted as pro- vided by Subsection (c) unless the commercial motor vehicle: (1) is transporting persons or property to or from the residential subdivision or performing work in the subdivision; and (2) remains parked in the subdivision only for the period necessary to complete the trans- portation or work. (c) The residents of a residential subdivision may petition a county or municipality in which the subdivision is located for the posting of signs prohibiting the overnight parking of a commer- cial motor vehicle in the subdivision. The petition must be signed by at least 25 percent of the owners or tenants of residences in the subdivi- sion. Not more than one person for each residence may sign the petition, and each person signing must be at least 18 years of age. Promptly after the filing of a petition meeting the requirements of this subsection and subject to Subsection Cd), the county or municipality receiving the petition shall post the signs. The signs must: (1) be posted at each entrance of the subdi- vision through which a commercial motor vehi- cle may enter the subdivision or within the subdivision if there is not defined entrance to the subdivision; and (2) state, in letters at least two inches in height, that overnight parlring of a motor vehicle is prohibited in the subdivision. (d) A county or municipality receiving a peti- tion under Subsection (c) may condition the poste ing of the signs on payment by the residents of the residential subdivision of the cost of providing the signs. (e) A person commits an offense if the person parks a commercial motor vehicle in violation of Subsection (b). Cf) This section does not limit the power of a municipality to regulate the parking of commer- cial motor vehicles. (g) For the purposes ofthis section, contiguous subdivisions that are developed by the same entity or a successor to that entity and that are given the same public name or a variation of the same public name are considered one subdivision. Separation of one of the subdivisions from an- other by a road, stream, greenbelt, or similar barrier does not make the subdivisions noncon- tiguous. Leg.H. Stats. 1997 75th Leg. Sess. Ch. 173, effective September 1, 1997; Stats. 1999 76th Leg. Sess. Ch. 731, effective September 1, 1999, Ch. 1419, effective June 18, 1999. Sec. 545.308. Presumption. The governing body of a local authority, by ordinance, order, or other official action, may provide that in a prosecution for an offense under this subchapter involving the stopping, standing, or parking of an unattended motor vehicle it is presumed that the registered owner of the vehicl is the person who stopped, stood, or parked th vehicle at the time and place the offense occurred Leg.H. Stats. 2001 77th Leg. Sess. Ch. 1080 effective September 1, 2001. SUBCHAPXllR H SPEED RESTRICTIONS Sec. 545.351. Maximum Speed Re- quirement. (a) An operator may not drive at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the circumstances then existing. (b) An operator: (1) may not drive a vehicle at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the con-