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By:  McReynolds (Senate Sponsor - West)                           H.B. No. 1784
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 2003; 
April 15, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Infrastructure Development and Security; May 22, 2003, reported 
favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 22, 2003, sent 
to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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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