By: Uresti, Hegar S.B. No. 1984
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certification of a person in certain counties as
eligible for disabled parking privileges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 681.003, Transportation Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
follows:
(c) Subject to Subsections [Subsection] (e) and (f), the
first application must be accompanied by a notarized written
statement or written prescription of a physician licensed to
practice medicine in this state or a state adjacent to this state,
or authorized by applicable law to practice medicine in a hospital
or other health facility of the United States Department of
Veterans Affairs [Administration], certifying and providing
evidence acceptable to the department that the person making the
application or on whose behalf the application is made is legally
blind or has a mobility problem that substantially impairs the
person's ability to ambulate. The statement or prescription must
include a certification of whether the disability is temporary or
permanent and information acceptable to the department to determine
the type of disabled parking placard for which the applicant is
eligible. The department shall determine a person's eligibility
based on evidence provided by the applicant establishing legal
blindness or mobility impairment.
(f) This subsection applies only to the first application
for a disabled parking placard submitted by a person who resides in
a county with a population of 125,000 or less. The notarized
written statement or prescription may be issued by:
(1) a person acting under the delegation and
supervision of a licensed physician in conformance with Subchapter
B, Chapter 157, Occupations Code; or
(2) a physician assistant licensed to practice in this
state acting as the agent of a licensed physician under Section
204.202(e), Occupations Code.
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.