By Turner of Coleman H.B. No. 189 75R1343 DWS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to issuance of special license plates for a vehicle used 1-3 to transport a person with a disability. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 502.253, Transportation Code, is amended 1-6 by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: 1-7 (h) A person entitled to register a vehicle under this 1-8 section is entitled to a set of special license plates under this 1-9 section for each motorcycle, passenger car, or light truck owned by 1-10 the person that is equipped with special equipment necessary for 1-11 operation of the vehicle by a person with a disability. 1-12 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only 1-13 to a registration period beginning on or after the effective date 1-14 of this Act. A registration period beginning before the effective 1-15 date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the 1-16 registration period began, and the former law is continued in 1-17 effect for that purpose. 1-18 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-19 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.