1-1 By: Brown S.B. No. 287 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed January 23, 1995; January 24, 1995, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental 1-4 Relations; February 22, 1995, reported favorably by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; February 22, 1995, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to enforcement by a disabled person of a law relating to 1-9 parking by or for disabled persons. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Section 6A, Chapter 338, Acts of the 64th 1-12 Legislature, 1975 (Article 6675a-5e.1, Vernon's Texas Civil 1-13 Statutes), is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-14 (e) A political subdivision may appoint a disabled person to 1-15 have the authority to file charges against a person who commits an 1-16 offense under this Act. A person appointed under this subsection 1-17 must be a United States citizen of good moral character who has not 1-18 been convicted of a felony. The person must take and subscribe to 1-19 an oath of office that the political subdivision prescribes and 1-20 must complete a training program developed by the political 1-21 subdivision. The person is not a peace officer, has no authority 1-22 other than the authority applicable to a citizen to enforce a law 1-23 other than this Act, and may not carry a weapon while performing 1-24 duties under this subsection. The person is not entitled to 1-25 compensation for performing duties under this subsection or to 1-26 indemnification from the political subdivision or the state for 1-27 injury or property damage the person sustains or liability the 1-28 person incurs in performing duties under this subsection. The 1-29 political subdivision and the state are not liable for any damages 1-30 arising from an act or omission of the person in performing duties 1-31 under this subsection. 1-32 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-33 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-34 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-35 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-36 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-37 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-38 passage, and it is so enacted. 1-39 * * * * *