(a) A person requiring the hooding or temporary removal of a paid parking payment device shall pay to the director a daily charge, excluding official parking holidays, of 70 percent of the maximum hourly capacity of each paid parking payment device hooded times the prevailing rate on the paid parking payment device.
(b) In addition to the fee required in Subsection (a), a person requiring the hooding of a paid parking payment device shall pay a labor charge of $55, plus one dollar for each paid parking payment device hooded.
(c) In addition to the fee required in Subsection (a), a person requiring the temporary removal of a paid parking payment device shall pay a labor charge of $75 for each paid parking payment device removed. A person requiring temporary removal of a paid parking payment device shall also pay the costs of labor and materials incurred in reinstalling the meter after temporary removal. The minimum reinstallation charge is $104 per meter.
(d) This section does not apply to:
(1) a utility company engaged in construction or repair activities for any city, county, state, or federal agency;
(2) a contractor performing work under a city, county, state, or federal contract; or
(3) any city, county, state, or federal agency requiring the hooding or temporary removal of a paid parking payment device in the performance of its governmental functions.
(e) The fees required by Subsection (a) of this section will not be assessed against a person requiring the hooding or temporary removal of paid parking payment device to reconstruct, repair, or replace an existing street, sidewalk, curb, or other city infrastructure in the public right-of-way if:
(1) the reconstruction, repair, or replacement of the infrastructure is performed in compliance with all applicable city ordinances and state and federal laws; and
(2) the infrastructure is, in the opinion of the city, restored to better than its former condition.