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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of disabled parking placards to certain |
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day activity and health services facilities that transport persons |
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with a disability. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 681.0032, Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 681.0032. ISSUANCE OF DISABLED PARKING PLACARDS TO |
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CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS. (a) The department shall provide for the |
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issuance of disabled parking placards described by Section 681.002 |
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for a van or bus operated by: |
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(1) an institution, facility, or residential |
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retirement community for the elderly in which a person eligible for |
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a license plate under [described by] Section 504.201 [504.201(a)] |
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resides, including an institution licensed under Chapter 242, |
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Health and Safety Code, and a facility licensed under Chapter 246 or |
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247 of that code; or |
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(2) a day activity and health services facility |
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licensed under Chapter 103, Human Resources Code, that provides |
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services to a person eligible for a license plate under Section |
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504.201. |
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(b) The application for a disabled parking placard must be |
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made in the manner provided by Section 681.003(b) and be |
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accompanied by a written statement signed by the administrator or |
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manager of, as applicable: |
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(1) the institution, facility, or retirement |
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community described by Subsection (a)(1) certifying to the |
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department that the institution, facility, or retirement community |
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regularly transports, as a part of the services that the |
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institution, facility, or retirement community provides, one or |
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more persons eligible for a license plate under [described by] |
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Section 504.201 [504.201(a)] who reside in the institution, |
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facility, or retirement community; or |
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(2) the facility described by Subsection (a)(2) |
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certifying to the department that the facility regularly |
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transports, as a part of the services that the facility provides, |
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one or more persons eligible for a license plate under Section |
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504.201. |
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(c) The department shall determine the eligibility of an |
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[the] institution, facility, or retirement community for a disabled |
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parking placard based on the evidence the applicant provides. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |