1-1     By:  Zaffirini                                          S.B. No. 32
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed November 13, 2000; January 10, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
 1-4     May 3, 2001, reported favorably, as amended, by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 3, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                           By:  Armbrister
 1-7     Amend the introduced version of S.B. No. 32, in Section 3, by
 1-8     striking the words "September 1, 2001" and substituting "September
 1-9     1, 2004" (introduced version, page 1, line 31).
1-10                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-11                                   AN ACT
1-12     relating to the application fee for a disabled parking placard.
1-13           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-14           SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 681.003, Transportation
1-15     Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-16           (b)  An application for a disabled parking placard must be:
1-17                 (1)  on a form furnished by the department; and
1-18                 (2)  submitted to the county assessor-collector of the
1-19     county in which the person with the disability resides[; and]
1-20                 [(3)  accompanied by a fee of $5].
1-21           SECTION 2.  Section 681.005, Transportation Code, is amended
1-22     to read as follows:
1-23           Sec. 681.005.  DUTY [DUTIES] OF COUNTY ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.
1-24     Each county assessor-collector shall send a copy of each
1-25     application for a disabled parking placard to the department[:]
1-26                 [(1)  each fee collected under Section 681.003, to be
1-27     deposited in the state highway fund to defray the cost of providing
1-28     the disabled parking placard; and
1-29                 ((2)  a copy of each application for a disabled parking
1-30     placard].
1-31           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-32     applies only to applications for disabled parking placards
1-33     submitted to the Texas Department of Transportation on or after
1-34     that date.  Applications filed before the effective date of this
1-35     Act are covered by the law in effect on the date the application
1-36     was submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
1-37     purpose.
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