84R7108 AJZ-D
By: Koop H.B. No. 1721
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the criminal and civil prosecution of certain offenses
involving parking in a space designated for persons with
disabilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 14.06(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) Subsection (c) applies only to a person charged with
committing an offense under:
(1) Section 481.121, Health and Safety Code, if the
offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that
section;
(1-a) Section 481.1161, Health and Safety Code, if the
offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that
section;
(2) Section 28.03, Penal Code, if the offense is
punishable under Subsection (b)(2) of that section;
(3) Section 28.08, Penal Code, if the offense is
punishable under Subsection (b)(1) of that section;
(4) Section 31.03, Penal Code, if the offense is
punishable under Subsection (e)(2)(A) of that section;
(5) Section 31.04, Penal Code, if the offense is
punishable under Subsection (e)(2) of that section;
(6) Section 38.114, Penal Code, if the offense is
punishable as a Class B misdemeanor; [or]
(7) Section 521.457, Transportation Code; or
(8) Section 681.011, Transportation Code.
SECTION 2. Section 682.002, Transportation Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 682.002. CIVIL OFFENSE. (a) A municipality may
declare the violation of a municipal ordinance relating to parking
or stopping a vehicle, including parking or stopping a vehicle in a
manner that would constitute an offense under Section 681.011, to
be a civil offense.
(b) A joint board to which Section 22.074(d) applies may
declare the violation of a resolution, rule, or order of the joint
board relating to parking or stopping a vehicle, including parking
or stopping a vehicle in a manner that would constitute an offense
under Section 681.011, to be a civil offense.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.