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