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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to privileged parking for certain veterans and military |
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award recipients. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 681.008, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 681.008. PARKING PRIVILEGES: CERTAIN VETERANS AND |
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MILITARY AWARD RECIPIENTS. |
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SECTION 2. Section 681.008(b), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) A vehicle on which license plates issued under Section |
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504.202, [or] Section 504.315(c), (d), (e), (f), or (g), or Section |
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504.316 are displayed is exempt from the payment of a parking fee |
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collected through a parking meter charged by a governmental |
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authority other than a branch of the federal government, when being |
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operated by or for the transportation of: |
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(1) the person who registered the vehicle under |
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Section 504.202(a), [or] Section 504.315(c), (d), (e), (f), or (g), |
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or Section 504.316; or |
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(2) a person described in Section 504.202(b) if the |
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vehicle is registered under that subsection. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2009. |