By Lindsay S.B. No. 175
77R998 DWS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to parking privileges for vehicles of certain veterans or
1-3 the surviving spouses of certain veterans.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 681.008, Transportation Code, as amended
1-6 by Chapters 738, 1195, and 1362, Acts of the 76th Legislature,
1-7 Regular Session, 1999, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
1-8 Sec. 681.008. PARKING PRIVILEGES: CERTAIN VETERANS. (a) A
1-9 vehicle may be parked for an unlimited period in a parking space or
1-10 area that is designated specifically for persons with physical
1-11 disabilities if:
1-12 (1) the vehicle is being operated by or for the
1-13 transportation of:
1-14 (A) the person who registered the vehicle under
1-15 Section 502.254(a); or
1-16 (B) a person described by Section 502.254(b) if
1-17 the vehicle is registered under that subsection; and
1-18 (2) there are displayed on the vehicle special license
1-19 plates issued under Section 502.254.
1-20 (b) A vehicle on which license plates issued under Section
1-21 502.254, 502.255, 502.257, 502.259, or 502.260 are displayed is
1-22 exempt from the payment of a parking fee, including a fee collected
1-23 through a parking meter, charged by a governmental authority,
1-24 including an institution of higher education, as defined by Section
2-1 61.003, Education Code, but not including [other than] a branch of
2-2 the federal government, when being operated by or for the
2-3 transportation of:
2-4 (1) the person who registered the vehicle under
2-5 Section 502.254(a), 502.255, 502.257, 502.259, or 502.260; or
2-6 (2) a person described in Section 502.254(b) if the
2-7 vehicle is registered under that subsection. [A governmental unit
2-8 may provide by ordinance or order that the exemption provided by
2-9 Subsection (a) also applies to payment of a fee or penalty imposed
2-10 by the governmental unit for parking in a parking garage or lot or
2-11 in a space with a limitation on the length of time for parking.]
2-12 (c) This section does not permit a vehicle to be parked at a
2-13 time when or a place where parking is prohibited.
2-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.