By Turner of Coleman H.B. No. 685 75R2566 DWS-F 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 that: 1-11 (1) is designed to allow a person who has lost the use 1-12 of one or both of the person's legs to operate the vehicle; and 1-13 (2) is not standard equipment on that type of vehicle 1-14 for use by a person who has use of both of the person's legs. 1-15 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only 1-16 to a registration period beginning on or after the effective date 1-17 of this Act. A registration period beginning before the effective 1-18 date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the 1-19 registration period began, and the former law is continued in 1-20 effect for that purpose. 1-21 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-22 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.