By: Pickett (Senate Sponsor - Rodríguez) H.B. No. 1790

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2017; May 5, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Transportation; May 10, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 10, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to revoked disabled parking placards.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 681.012(b), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) On seizure of a placard under Subsection (a) or (a-1), a placard is revoked. A [On request of the] person from whom the placard was seized may apply for a new placard by submitting an application under Section 681.003[, the department shall conduct a hearing and determine whether the revocation should continue or the placard should be returned to the person and the revocation rescinded].

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

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