By: Harris S.B. No. 1616
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to parking fees imposed by a governmental authority.
1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-3 SECTION 1. Section 681.006(b), Transportation Code, is
1-4 amended to read as follows:
1-5 (b) The owner of a vehicle is exempt from the payment of a
1-6 fee or penalty imposed by a governmental unit for parking at a
1-7 meter [or in a space] with a limitation on the length of time for
1-8 parking if:
1-9 (1) the vehicle is being operated by or for the
1-10 transportation of a person with a disability; and
1-11 (2) there are:
1-12 (A) displayed on the vehicle special license
1-13 plates issued under Section 502.253; or
1-14 (B) placed on the rearview mirror of the
1-15 vehicle's front windshield a disabled parking placard.
1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-17 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.