Amend CSHB 3588 (Senate committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to ARTICLE 12 of the bill
and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of the ARTICLE accordingly:
SECTION ____. Section 681.001, Transportation Code, is
amended by adding Subdivision (7) to read as follows:
(7) "Stand" or "standing" means to halt an occupied or
unoccupied vehicle, other than temporarily while receiving or
discharging passengers.
SECTION ____. Section 681.011, Transportation Code, is
amended by amending Subsections (a)-(c), (e), and (m) to read as
follows:
(a) A person commits an offense if:
(1) the person stands [parks] a vehicle on which are
displayed license plates issued under Section 502.253 or 502.254 or
a disabled parking placard in a parking space or area designated
specifically for persons with disabilities by:
(A) a political subdivision; or
(B) a person who owns or controls private
property used for parking as to which a political subdivision has
provided for the application of this section under Subsection (f);
and
(2) the standing [parking] of the vehicle in that
parking space or area is not authorized by Section 681.006,
681.007, or 681.008.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) stands [parks] a vehicle on which license plates
issued under Section 502.253 or 502.254 are not displayed and a
disabled parking placard is not displayed in a parking space or area
designated specifically for individuals with disabilities by:
(A) a political subdivision; or
(B) a person who owns or controls private
property used for parking as to which a political subdivision has
provided for the application of this section under this Subsection
(f); or
(2) stands [parks] a vehicle displaying a white on red
shield disabled parking placard or license plates issued under
Section 502.253 in a space designated under Section 681.009(e) for
the exclusive use of vehicles displaying a white on blue shield
disabled parking placard.
(c) A person commits an offense if the person stands [parks]
a vehicle so that the vehicle blocks an architectural improvement
designed to aid persons with disabilities, including an access
aisle or curb ramp.
(e) In a prosecution under this section, it is presumed that
the registered owner of the motor vehicle is the person who left
[parked] the vehicle standing at the time and place the offense
occurred.
(m) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) stands [parks] a vehicle on which are displayed
license plates issued under Section 502.253 or a disabled parking
placard in a parking space or area for which this chapter creates an
exemption from payment of a fee or penalty imposed by a governmental
unit;
(2) does not have a disability;
(3) is not transporting a person with disability; and
(4) does not pay any applicable fee related to
standing [parking] in the space or area imposed by a governmental
unit or exceeds a limitation on the length of time for standing
[parking] in the space or area.
SECTION ____. (a) The change in law made by this Act to
Sections 681.001 and 681.011, Transportation Code, apply only to an
offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. For
purposes of this section, an offense is committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
before that date.
(b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.