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By: Hegar |
S.B. No. 985 |
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(In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2007; March 7, 2007, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation and |
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Homeland Security; March 19, 2007, reported adversely, with |
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favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, |
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Nays 0; March 19, 2007, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 985 |
By: Carona |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certification of a person as eligible for disabled |
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parking privileges. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 681.003, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) Subject to Subsection (e), the first application must be |
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accompanied by a notarized written statement or written |
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prescription of a physician licensed to practice medicine in this |
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state or a state adjacent to this state[,] or authorized by |
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applicable law to practice medicine in a hospital or other health |
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facility of the Veterans Administration or an advanced practice |
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nurse or physician assistant acting under the delegation and |
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supervision of a licensed physician in conformance with Subchapter |
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B, Chapter 157, Occupations Code, certifying and providing evidence |
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acceptable to the department that the person making the application |
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or on whose behalf the application is made is legally blind or has a |
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mobility problem that substantially impairs the person's ability to |
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ambulate. The statement or prescription must include a |
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certification of whether the disability is temporary or permanent |
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and information acceptable to the department to determine the type |
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of disabled parking placard for which the applicant is eligible. |
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The department shall determine a person's eligibility based on |
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evidence provided by the applicant establishing legal blindness or |
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mobility impairment. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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