| 1 | 1 | | By: Fletcher (Senate Sponsor - Williams) H.B. No. 1683 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 3, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Transportation and Homeland Security; May 21, 2011, reported |
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| 5 | 5 | | favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 2; May 21, 2011, sent |
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| 6 | 6 | | to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to parking placards for vehicles of persons with |
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| 12 | 12 | | disabilities. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Section 681.003, Transportation Code, is amended |
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| 15 | 15 | | by amending Subsections (b) and (e) and adding Subsection (h) to |
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| 16 | 16 | | read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) An application for a disabled parking placard must be: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) on a form furnished by the department; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) submitted to the county assessor-collector of the |
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| 20 | 20 | | county: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (A) in which the person with the disability |
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| 22 | 22 | | resides if the person has a permanent disability; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (B) in which the person with the disability |
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| 24 | 24 | | resides or is being treated at a medical facility if the person has |
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| 25 | 25 | | a temporary disability; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (3) accompanied by a fee of $5 if the application is |
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| 27 | 27 | | for a temporary placard. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (e) If a first application for a disabled parking placard |
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| 29 | 29 | | under this section is made by or on behalf of a person with: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) a mobility problem caused by a disorder of the |
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| 31 | 31 | | foot, the notarized written statement or written prescription |
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| 32 | 32 | | required by Subsection (c) may be issued by a person licensed to |
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| 33 | 33 | | practice podiatry in this state or a state adjacent to this state; |
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| 34 | 34 | | [or] |
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| 35 | 35 | | (2) a disability caused by an impairment of vision as |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Section 681.001(2), the notarized written statement or |
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| 37 | 37 | | written prescription required by Subsection (c) may be issued by a |
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| 38 | 38 | | person licensed to engage in the practice of optometry or the |
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| 39 | 39 | | practice of therapeutic optometry in this state or a state adjacent |
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| 40 | 40 | | to this state; or |
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| 41 | 41 | | (3) a temporary mobility problem that substantially |
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| 42 | 42 | | impairs the person's ability to ambulate, the notarized written |
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| 43 | 43 | | statement or written prescription required by Subsection (c) may be |
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| 44 | 44 | | issued by a person licensed to practice chiropractic in this state |
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| 45 | 45 | | or a state adjacent to this state. |
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| 46 | 46 | | (h) In this section, "chiropractic" has the meaning |
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| 47 | 47 | | assigned by Section 201.002, Occupations Code. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 49 | 49 | | * * * * * |
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