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| 1 | 1 | 85R14833 JXC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Kuempel H.B. No. 3583 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to operators of motor vehicles who use temporary disabled | |
| 8 | 8 | parking placards. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 681.006, Transportation Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (f) An operator of a vehicle who parks the vehicle in a | |
| 13 | 13 | parking space or area that is designated specifically for persons | |
| 14 | 14 | with physical disabilities and places on the rearview mirror of the | |
| 15 | 15 | vehicle's front windshield a disabled parking placard issued for a | |
| 16 | 16 | person with a temporary disability shall, on the request of a peace | |
| 17 | 17 | officer, provide written evidence of the disability of the operator | |
| 18 | 18 | or of a person being transported by the operator, as applicable, for | |
| 19 | 19 | whom the placard was issued. The written evidence must be: | |
| 20 | 20 | (1) issued by the department; or | |
| 21 | 21 | (2) signed by a person authorized to issue a statement | |
| 22 | 22 | or prescription under Section 681.003(c), (e), or (f). | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |