81R3220 JAM-D
By: Corte H.B. No. 618
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to privileged parking for certain veterans.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 681.008(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A vehicle on which license plates issued under Section
504.202 or Section 504.315(c), (d), (e), (f), or (g) are displayed
is exempt from the payment of a parking fee collected through a
parking meter charged by a governmental authority other than a
branch of the federal government, when being operated by or for the
transportation of:
(1) the person who registered the vehicle under
Section 504.202(a) or Section 504.315(c), (d), (e), (f), or (g); or
(2) a person described in Section 504.202(b) if the
vehicle is registered under that subsection.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.