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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of a disabled parking sticker by the |
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Department of Motor Vehicles. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 681.001, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subdivision (3-a) to read as follows: |
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(3-a) "Disabled parking sticker" means a sticker |
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issued under Section 681.002. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Section 681.002, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 681.002. DISABLED PARKING PLACARD OR STICKER. |
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SECTION 3. Section 681.002, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsections (a), (c), and (d) and adding Subsections |
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(f), (g), and (h) to read as follows: |
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(a) The department shall provide for the issuance of a |
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disabled parking placard or a disabled parking sticker, as provided |
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by Subsection (f), to a person with a disability. |
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(c) The department shall furnish the disabled parking |
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placards and disabled parking stickers to each county |
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assessor-collector. |
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(d) A disabled parking placard and a disabled parking |
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sticker must bear a hologram designed to prevent the reproduction |
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of the placard or sticker or the production of a counterfeit placard |
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or sticker. |
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(f) If issuing a disabled parking placard is not feasible or |
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practical, including when a person with a disability applies for a |
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placard for a motor vehicle with two or three wheels, the department |
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shall provide for the issuance of a disabled parking sticker in lieu |
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of a placard. The disabled parking sticker must be one-sided and |
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include the same information as a disabled parking placard under |
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Subsections (b) and (e). The department shall adopt rules as |
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necessary to implement this subsection. |
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(g) A disabled parking sticker issued under Subsection (f) |
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must be displayed on the top or bottom left hand corner of a motor |
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vehicle's windshield. |
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(h) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a disabled |
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parking sticker is subject to the laws of this state applicable to a |
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disabled parking placard, including laws relating to the |
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application for and issuance of a disabled parking placard. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |