1-1 By: Brimer (Senate Sponsor - Moncrief) H.B. No. 3025
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 21, 1997;
1-3 April 23, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; May 9, 1997, reported favorably, as
1-5 amended, by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 9, 1997, sent
1-6 to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Moncrief
1-8 Amend House Bill 3025 as follows:
1-9 On Page 1, lines 15-27, strike SECTION 1 in its entirety and
1-10 renumber the remaining Sections of the bill accordingly.
1-11 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-12 AN ACT
1-13 relating to parking fees imposed by a governmental authority.
1-14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-15 SECTION 1. Section 681.006(b), Transportation Code, is
1-16 amended to read as follows:
1-17 (b) The owner of a vehicle is exempt from the payment of a
1-18 fee or penalty imposed by a governmental unit for parking at a
1-19 meter [or in a space] with a limitation on the length of time for
1-20 parking if:
1-21 (1) the vehicle is being operated by or for the
1-22 transportation of a person with a disability; and
1-23 (2) there are:
1-24 (A) displayed on the vehicle special license
1-25 plates issued under Section 502.253; or
1-26 (B) placed on the rearview mirror of the
1-27 vehicle's front windshield a disabled parking placard.
1-28 SECTION 2. Section 681.006, Transportation Code, is amended
1-29 by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
1-30 (e) Nothing in this code shall be interpreted as exempting
1-31 any owner or operator of a vehicle from payment of fees or
1-32 penalties imposed by a governmental unit for parking at a meter, in
1-33 a parking garage or lot, or in a space located within the
1-34 boundaries of a municipal airport.
1-35 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-36 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-37 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-38 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-39 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-40 days in each house be suspended and this rule is hereby suspended.
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