| 1 | 1 | | By: Christian H.B. No. 4211 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to parking placard applications by persons with a mobility |
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| 7 | 7 | | problem caused by an impairment of vision. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 681.001, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 10 | 10 | | by adding item (8) to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (8) "Optometry" and "Therapeutic Optometry" have the |
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| 12 | 12 | | meanings assigned by Section 351.002, Occupations Code. |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 2. Section 681.003(e), Transportation Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (e) If a first application for a disabled parking placard |
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| 16 | 16 | | under this section is made by or on behalf of a person with: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) a mobility problem caused by a disorder of the |
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| 18 | 18 | | foot, the notarized written statement or written prescription |
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| 19 | 19 | | required by Subsection (c) may be issued by a person licensed to |
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| 20 | 20 | | practice podiatry in this state or a state adjacent to this state; |
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| 21 | 21 | | or |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) a disability caused by visual impairment in |
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| 23 | 23 | | accordance with Sec. 681.001 of this chapter, the notarized written |
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| 24 | 24 | | statement or written prescription required by Subsection (c) may be |
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| 25 | 25 | | issued by a person licensed to practice optometry or therapeutic |
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| 26 | 26 | | optometry in this state or a state adjacent to this state. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 28 | 28 | | an application for a disabled parking placard submitted on or after |
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| 29 | 29 | | the effective date of this Act. An application submitted before the |
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| 30 | 30 | | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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| 31 | 31 | | date the application is submitted, and the former law is continued |
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| 32 | 32 | | in effect for that purpose. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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