By Corte H.B. No. 15
77R802 QS-D
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.