A. All Articles of the Texas Motor Vehicle Laws and the Uniform Traffic Code, in addition to regulations promulgated by the university, shall be applicable on all properties under the control and jurisdiction of Midwestern State University open to vehicular traffic.

B. Any violation of the state traffic laws or of university traffic and vehicle regulations will constitute a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not more than two hundred dollars ($200.00) in any Justice of the Peace Court in Wichita County, Texas, or the Municipal Court of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas.

C. Any violation of university traffic and vehicle regulations may, however, as an alternative, be enforced by the university in accordance with the procedures, fees, and penalties stated for specific violations as enumerated in the following sections of this article.

A. All students, faculty, staff, and employees of the university who operate a motor vehicle on the campus must register the vehicle on campus and obtain a university registration decal before such persons are allowed to park their vehicle on university property. Lot 18 located at 3404 Louis J. Rodriguez Drive shall be reserved for apartment residents only. Residents shall display additional decal issued by MSU Housing Department for identification. All registration decals are to be obtained from the University Police Department.

B. A motor vehicle registration fee of thirty-two dollars ($32.00) annually will be assesed to those students enrolled in classes in the fall or spring semester. The vehicle registration permit will be valid for the entire school year, expiring on August 31.

C. A motor vehicle registration fee of sixteen dollars ($16.00) annually will be assesed to those students enrolled for classes in the summer semester(s). The vehicle registration permit will be valid for the remainder of the school year, expiring on August 31.

D. A motor vehicle registration fee of four dollars ($4.00) will be assessed for special registration decals for those students attending Continuing Education classes. This fee will also be charged for students attending classes at Sheppard Air Force Base only. Vehicle registration decals may be obtained from the University Police Department with a class registration receipt showing SAFB classes only.

E. Students who operate more than one motor vehicle on the university campus may register an additional vehicle for a fee of five dollars ($5.00).

F. Two (2) or more persons will not be permitted to register the same vehicle.

G. Reserved decals will be issued to all full-time faculty, staff members and part-time faculty who have no other university association without charge.

H. Graduate teaching assistants will be entitled to a Faculty/Staff decal and graduate assistants will be issued one student decal without charge.

I. No faculty member, staff, employee, or student of the university may have more than two (2) vehicles registered at one time.

J. No decal shall be displayed on any vehicle other than that vehicle to which it is registered.

K. The registration decal does not assure anyone that parking space will be available at all times.

L. For the convenience of students attending early morning or evening classes, the University Police Office will normally be open to issue automobile registration decals from 7:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. each weekday during both long-term and summer semesters.

M. Handicap Parking

Only vehicles upon which the special symbol, tab, or other device indicating disabled person, issued by the state of Texas or any other state, and being operated by or for the transportation of a disabled person, shall be allowed to park in space designated specifically for the physically handicapped. This does not negate the requirement of a university auto registration decal for those persons connected with the university as student or employee.

Article 6675a-5e.1. of the Texas Motor Vehicle Law is in full force on the campus of Midwestern State University.

A. The decal must be permanently affixed to the outside left of the rear windshield. On two (2) wheel vehicles, the decal shall be affixed to the rear fender. Where these provisions are not possible, because of vehicle design, arrangements shall be made with the University Police Department to place the decal in some convenient location mutually agreed upon by the owner and the Police Department.

B. Upon selling, trading, or otherwise changing ownership of a vehicle, the registration decal must be turned into the University Police Department. This must be done before an additional vehicle can be registered. Duplicate registration decals may be purchased for a fee of five dollars ($5.00) providing that the VOIDED DECAL IS TURNED INTO THE UNIVERSITY POLICY DEPARTMENT.

C. Applications for the privilege of parking and operating a motor vehicle upon the campus for each semester must be secured beginning with the registration for classes during that semester.

D. Not displaying a decal will have a tolerance period at the beginning of each semester until the university's first class day after late registration. All other offenses are still enforceable during the no decal tolerance period.

A. It shall be a violation to drive or operate a motor vehicle at any time upon the campus in excess of twenty (20) miles per hour.

B. Every vehicle shall, at all times, grant right-of-way to pedestrians.

C. No vehicle shall be driven after dark without the vehicle headlights operating.

D. No vehicle shall be operated at any time upon the lawns or any other place not specifically designed for vehicle traffic. Provided, however, that these rules shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicle or grounds and maintenance vehicles of the university.

E. All motor vehicles shall be so muffled, or otherwise equipped, as to effectively and efficiently prevent loud and/or unusual noises or annoying smoke discharging from the exhaust of such vehicle.

F. It shall be a violation to willfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of a police officer or to interfere with a police officer in the performance of their duty.

G. It shall be a violation to drive a vehicle from a stopped position at such a rate of acceleration so as to leave tire marks upon the street or drive, or to create a screeching or shrill noise capable of being heard at a distance of 300 feet.

H. It shall be a violation to remove, or in any way tamper with, any traffic control or device, whether permanently affixed at a given location or temporarily located by the University Police Department to regulate traffic.

A. Where parallel parking is indicated, the vehicle must be parked with wheels on the side of the car parallel to and not more than one foot from the curb. The position of the car with reference to the dividing line between adjacent spaces shall be such that the whole of the car is located within the boundaries of the parking space.

B. In case of two way streets upon which parking on one or both sides is permitted a car must be parked with passenger side to the curb.

C. Where diagonal or vertical parking is required, every vehicle must be placed within the boundaries of its space. 

D. It shall be a violation to park, stop or stand a vehicle in a street, drive or roadway in such a fashion as to obstruct or impede the normal flow of traffic.

E. It shall be a violation to park or stand a vehicle adjacent and parallel to a legally parked vehicle (double parking).

F. It shall be a violation to deface or alter a decal that is in force.

G. It shall be a violation to park a vehicle in any of the following places:

1. Areas bordered in yellow except for purpose indicated (loading zone, etc.)

2. On any lawn

3. On any curb or sidewalk

4. Any area bordered in red (no parking at any time)

5. Within fifteen (15) feet of a fire hydrant

6. On any space designed for loading and unloading purposes only

7. In front of or in any service drive

8. Any space marked "No Parking"

9. In a student space (non-reserved) with a reserved decal, or a reserved space with a student decal. NOTE: Exception to this will be between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. daily and all day Saturdays, Sundays and holidays a MSU registered vehicle may park in any space, except special reserved (i.e. President, Wheelchair, etc. which are reserved at all times for purpose stated on sign.)

H. Parking in a Loading Zone. No person shall stop, stand, or park a vehicle for any purpose or length of time other than for the expeditious unloading and delivery or pick-up and loading of materials or passengers in any place marked as a loading zone. In no case shall the stop for loading/unloading exceed thirty (30) minutes.

I. It shall be a violation to park an inoperable motor vehicle on university property. An inoperable motor vehicle is one which has been wrecked, dismantled, partially dismantled, or abandoned. The University Police Department may impound any inoperable motor vehicle 7 days after notification has been attached to the vehicle.

J. Any commissioned police officer of the University Police Department is authorized to remove a vehicle from the University property to the nearest garage or place of storage, under the circumstances hereinafter enumerated, at the owner's expense:

1. When any vehicle is left unattended where such vehicle constitutes and obstruction to traffic.

2. When any vehicle is illegally parked so as to block the entrance to any driveway, or block the free movement by pedestrians on any sidewalk.

3. When any vehicle is illegally parked in a clearly marked fire zone or wheelchair/ handicap space.

4. When an officer arrests any person driving or in control of a vehicle for an alleged offense and the officer is, by law, required to take the person arrested before a magistrate immediately.

 Violations of campus traffic regulations will be processed in accordance with the following schedule of fees:

 A.        Penalty for all parking violations shall be Ten  Dollars ($10.00) for all Class I violations; Twenty Dollars ($20.00) for all     class II violations; and Fifty Dollars ($50.00) for Class IV violations.

B.         The penalty for failure to display registration decal shall be the registration fee for appropriate decal.

C.        The penalty for all Class III moving violations shall be Twenty Dollars ($20.00).

D.        All fees are due within seventeen (17) calendar days from the date the citation was issued.  An additional late fee of Five Dollars ($5.00) will be assessed for each citation if the fee is not paid within the seventeen (17) days after the citation was written and issued.

VII. DEFINITIONS

A. Campus shall include all property bounded by Hampstead Lane on the north, Taft Street on the east, Midwestern Parkway on the south, and West Campus Drive on the west, and university property south of Midwestern Parkway and west of Taft Street. West Campus Drive is under the control and jurisdiction of the University.

B. Vehicle shall be every device in, upon, or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway or street, except devices moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

C. Student shall include all persons enrolled in credit and non-credit courses.

D. Parking tickets are issued to the automobile, not the operator, and are the responsibility of the person to whom the vehicle is registered. The students and employees are also responsible for any vehicle operated by them regardless of the state vehicle ownership registration.

E. Visitor shall be defined as one who has no affiliation, association, or relationship with the university as student, faculty, staff, or employee.

F. Park - The stopping or standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not.

G. Person - Every natural person, firms, co-partnership association, or corporation.

H. Driver-Every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle.

I. Police Officer - Every officer of the University Police Department or any officer authorized to direct or regulate traffic or too make arrest for violations of traffic regulation and those persons described as peace officers in the Texas Code of Criminal Procedures.

J. Moving Violations - Any violation where a vehicle is being operated by a driver or occupied by person in the driver's position of the vehicle.

K. Parking Violations - Any violation where the vehicle is not being operated by a driver, including all registration violations.

L. Loading Zone - A space in front of, beside, or behind a building to be used for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or merchandise by the regular occupants of the building adjacent thereto and may be used by any carrier for the purpose of loading or unloading passengers or merchandise delivered to or from location.

M. Holiday - As used in these regulations, shall mean those holiday periods that coincide with the academic schedule (example-between semesters, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.)

A. All thefts, accidents, and offenses that occur on campus should be reported immediately to the University Police Office or the police officer on duty.

B. A record of all serial numbers on valuables should be kept. Mark auto accessories so they may be identified. Write your name and address in all text books.

C. Keys or valuables should not be left in cars. Always keep your car locked.

D. University police officers are duly sworn and bonded peace officers with the same authority and responsibility of any other state police officer. Any person on the property of the university is required to produce proper identification upon demand by any university police officer or other administrative representative of the university.

E. All of the general and criminal laws of the state of Texas are declared to be in full force and effect within the areas under the control and jurisdiction of Midwestern State University and enforcement of these laws shall be the duty of the officers of the University Police Department.

F. Temporary auto registration decals are available in the University Police Office. These are available to persons having a vehicle permanently registered at the university but who face a situation forcing them to bring an unregistered vehicle on campus for a temporary time. These may be issued for a maximum of one (1) week at no charge. Limit of two (2) temporary decals per semester.

G. University police gives assistance in retrieving keys locked in cars and dead battery starts on campus.