H.B. No. 1473
AN ACT
relating to creating the offense of altering a disabled parking
placard.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 681.0111, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 681.0111. MANUFACTURE, SALE, POSSESSION, OR USE OF
COUNTERFEIT OR ALTERED PLACARD.
SECTION 2. Sections 681.0111(a) and (b), Transportation
Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) A person commits an offense if, without the department's
authorization, the person:
(1) manufactures, sells, or possesses a placard that
is deceptively similar to a disabled parking placard; or
(2) alters a genuine disabled parking placard.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly
parks a vehicle displaying a counterfeit or altered placard in a
parking space or area designated specifically for persons with
disabilities.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1473 was passed by the House on April
7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1473 was passed by the Senate on May
25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0
.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor