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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to privileged parking and the issuance of specialty |
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license plates for certain classroom teachers and retired classroom |
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teachers; imposing a fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 504, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Sections 504.517 and 504.518 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 504.517. CLASSROOM TEACHERS. (a) In this section, |
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"classroom teacher" has the meaning assigned by Section 5.001, |
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Education Code. |
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(b) The department shall issue specialty license plates for |
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classroom teachers with at least 15 years of service teaching |
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public school students. The license plates must include the words |
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"Texas Teacher" and depict a Texas public education logo. The |
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department shall design the license plates in consultation with the |
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Texas Education Agency. |
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(c) The fee for issuance of the license plates is $10. |
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Sec. 504.518. RETIRED CLASSROOM TEACHERS. (a) In this |
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section, "retired classroom teacher" means a person who: |
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(1) was formerly employed as a classroom teacher, as |
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that term is defined by Section 5.001, Education Code; and |
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(2) is a retiree of the Teacher Retirement System of |
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Texas. |
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(b) The department shall issue specialty license plates for |
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retired classroom teachers with at least 20 years of service |
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teaching public school students. The license plates must include |
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the words "Retired Texas Teacher" and depict a Texas public |
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education logo. The department shall design the license plates in |
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consultation with the Texas Education Agency. |
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(c) The fee for issuance of the license plates is $5. |
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SECTION 2. 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, CLASSROOM TEACHERS, AND RETIRED |
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CLASSROOM TEACHERS. |
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SECTION 3. 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 described by |
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Subsection (a)(2) or issued under Section 504.202, 504.308, |
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504.310, 504.315, 504.316, [or] 504.319, 504.517, or 504.518 are |
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displayed is exempt from the payment of a parking fee collected |
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through a parking meter charged by a governmental authority other |
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than a branch of the federal government, when being operated by or |
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for the transportation of: |
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(1) the person who registered the vehicle under |
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Section 504.202(a), 504.308, 504.310, 504.315, 504.316, [or] |
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504.319, 504.517, or 504.518; |
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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; or |
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(3) the owner or operator of a vehicle displaying |
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license plates described by Subsection (a)(2). |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |