By Corte                                                H.B. No. 15
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to license plates for persons with disabilities.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Sections 502.253(a) and (h), Transportation Code,
 1-5     are amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (a)  The department shall provide for the issuance of
 1-7     specially designed license plates for motor vehicles [motorcycles,
 1-8     passenger cars, and light trucks] regularly operated for
 1-9     noncommercial use by or for the transportation of a person with a
1-10     permanent disability.
1-11           (h)  A person entitled to register a vehicle under this
1-12     section is entitled to a set of special license plates under this
1-13     section for each motor vehicle [motorcycle, passenger car, or light
1-14     truck] owned by the person that is equipped with special equipment
1-15     that:
1-16                 (1)  is designed to allow a person who has lost the use
1-17     of one or both of the person's legs to operate the vehicle; and
1-18                 (2)  is not standard equipment on that type of vehicle
1-19     for use by a person who has use of both of the person's legs.
1-20           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.