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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to parking of a motor vehicle operated by or for the |
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transportation of a veteran with a disability in certain parking |
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spaces; providing a criminal penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (e), Section 681.009, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(e) A private property owner or private person who controls |
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property used for parking and who designates one or more uncovered |
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parking spaces for the exclusive use of vehicles transporting |
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persons with disabilities shall assign at least half of those |
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spaces for the exclusive use of vehicles displaying a white on blue |
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shield disabled parking placard or license plates issued under |
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Section 504.202, except that if an odd number of spaces is |
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designated, only the number of spaces that is the largest whole |
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number less than half of the number of designated spaces must be |
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assigned for the exclusive use of vehicles displaying a white on |
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blue shield placard or license plates issued under Section 504.202. |
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Van-accessible parking spaces shall be counted as assigned spaces |
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under this subsection. These assigned spaces must be the spaces |
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located closest to an accessible route to an entrance accessible to |
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a person with a disability. The remaining designated parking |
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spaces may be used by vehicles displaying a white on blue shield |
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disabled parking placard, a white on red shield disabled parking |
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placard, [or] license plates issued under Section 504.201, or |
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license plates issued under Section 504.202. This subsection |
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applies only to a property used for parking that serves a building |
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or other facility: |
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(1) that state law requires to be accessible to person |
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with disabilities; and |
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(2) for which construction or an alteration of the |
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building or other facility is completed on or after September 1, |
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1999. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 681.011, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A person commits an offense if the person: |
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(1) stands a vehicle on which license plates issued |
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under Section 504.201 or 504.202 are not displayed and a disabled |
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parking placard is not displayed in a parking space or area |
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designated specifically for individuals with disabilities by: |
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(A) a political subdivision; or |
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(B) a person who owns or controls private |
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property used for parking as to which a political subdivision has |
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provided for the application of this section under this Subsection |
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(f); or |
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(2) stands a vehicle displaying a white on red shield |
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disabled parking placard or license plates issued under Section |
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504.201 in a space designated under Section 681.009(e) for the |
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exclusive use of vehicles displaying a white on blue shield |
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disabled parking placard or license plates issued under Section |
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504.202. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |