81R3479 JD-F
By: Hegar S.B. No. 793
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certification of a person as eligible for disabled
parking privileges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 681.003(c), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) Subject to Subsection (e), 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 Veterans Administration or a person acting under
the delegation and supervision of a licensed physician in
conformance with Subchapter B, Chapter 157, Occupations Code,
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.
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.