By: Corte (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth) H.B. No. 618
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2009;
May 1, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran
Affairs and Military Installations; May 8, 2009, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 8, 2009, sent
to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to privileged parking for certain veterans and military
award recipients.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 681.008, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 681.008. PARKING PRIVILEGES: CERTAIN VETERANS AND
MILITARY AWARD RECIPIENTS.
SECTION 2. 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), or Section
504.316 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 Section 504.316; or
(2) a person described in Section 504.202(b) if the
vehicle is registered under that subsection.
SECTION 3. 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.
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