86R13756 JXC-D
By: Bohac H.B. No. 3993
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of van-only parking spaces for use by
persons with disabilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 469.052, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The commission by rule shall require, for a building or
facility that is required under 28 C.F.R. Part 36 to designate one
or more van-accessible parking spaces, that at least one of those
parking spaces be designated for use only by vans.
SECTION 2. Section 681.006(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) Subject to Section 681.009(e), a vehicle may be parked
for an unlimited period:
(1) in a parking space or area that is designated
specifically for persons with physical disabilities, other than a
space designated as van-only under Section 469.052(d), Government
Code, if:
(A) [(1)] the vehicle is being operated by or for
the transportation of a person with a disability; and
(B) [(2)] there are:
(i) [(A)] displayed on the vehicle special
license plates issued under Section 504.201; or
(ii) [(B)] placed on the rearview mirror of
the vehicle's front windshield a disabled parking placard; or
(2) in a parking space designated as van-only under
Section 469.052(d), Government Code, if:
(A) the requirements of Subdivision (1) are met;
and
(B) the vehicle is a van.
SECTION 3. Section 681.009(b), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A political subdivision must designate a parking space
or area by conforming to the standards and specifications adopted
by the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation under Section
469.052, Government Code [5(i), Article 9102, Revised Statutes],
relating to the identification and dimensions of parking spaces for
persons with disabilities. A person who owns or controls private
property used for parking may designate a parking space or area
without conforming to those standards and specifications, unless
required to conform by law.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.