H.B. No. 1784




AN ACT

relating to an offense of blocking an access aisle designed to aid 
persons with disabilities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 681.011(c), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(c)  A person commits an offense if the person parks a 
vehicle so that the vehicle blocks an architectural improvement 
designed to aid persons with disabilities, including an access 
aisle or curb ramp.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies 
only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this 
Act.  For the 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.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1784 was passed by the House on April 
10, 2003, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1784 was passed by the Senate on May 
28, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor