83R523 JTS-D By: Howard H.B. No. 1514 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to privileged parking for veterans of World War II. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 681.008(b), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) A vehicle on which license plates described by Subsection (a)(2) or issued under Section 504.202, Section 504.310, Section 504.315(a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (h), 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), Section 504.310, Section 504.315(a), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), or (h), or Section 504.316; (2) a person described in Section 504.202(b) if the vehicle is registered under that subsection; or (3) the owner or operator of a vehicle displaying license plates described by Subsection (a)(2). SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.