By Coleman                                            H.B. No. 1133
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the dedication of a fine collected by a municipality or
 1-3     county for a disabled parking violation.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Chapter 681, Transportation Code, is amended by
 1-6     adding Section 681.013 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 681.013.  DISPOSITION OF FINES.  (a)  A municipality or
 1-8     county shall deposit a fine collected for a violation of Section
 1-9     681.011 into a separate municipal or county fund.  Money in the
1-10     fund may be used only for improving accessibility for persons with
1-11     disabilities, including providing:
1-12                 (1)  curb cuts;
1-13                 (2)  auditory alarms at crosswalks; and
1-14                 (3)  captioning for governmental meetings.
1-15           (b)  This section does not apply to an amount that a
1-16     municipality is not allowed to retain under Section 542.402(b).
1-17           SECTION 2. Section 542.402(a), Transportation Code, is
1-18     amended to read as follows:
1-19           (a)  A municipality or county shall use a fine collected for
1-20     a violation of a highway law in this title, other than a violation
1-21     of Section 681.011, to:
1-22                 (1)  construct and maintain roads, bridges, and
1-23     culverts in the municipality or county;
1-24                 (2)  enforce laws regulating the use of highways by
 2-1     motor vehicles; [and]
 2-2                 (3)  defray the expense of county traffic officers;
 2-3                 (4)  defray the expense of captioning and personal
 2-4     assistance services for a disability-related community event
 2-5     sponsored by a municipality, county, or nonprofit organization; and
 2-6                 (5)  provide technical equipment such as braille
 2-7     writers and telecommunication devices for the deaf, for use by
 2-8     persons with disabilities, at a municipal or county facility.
 2-9           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
2-10     applies only to fines collected in a municipal or county fiscal
2-11     year that begins on or after that date.  Fines collected in a
2-12     municipal or county fiscal year that begins before the effective
2-13     date of this Act are governed by the law in effect immediately
2-14     before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in
2-15     effect for that purpose.