88R3577 DIO-F
By: Cortez H.B. No. 108
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to privileged parking and the issuance of specialty
license plates for certain classroom teachers and retired classroom
teachers; imposing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Sections 504.517 and 504.518 to read as
follows:
Sec. 504.517. CLASSROOM TEACHERS. (a) In this section,
"classroom teacher" has the meaning assigned by Section 5.001,
Education Code.
(b) The department shall issue specialty license plates for
classroom teachers with at least 15 years of service teaching
public school students. The license plates must include the words
"Texas Teacher" and depict a Texas public education logo. The
department shall design the license plates in consultation with the
Texas Education Agency.
(c) The fee for issuance of the license plates is $10.
Sec. 504.518. RETIRED CLASSROOM TEACHERS. (a) In this
section, "retired classroom teacher" means a person who:
(1) was formerly employed as a classroom teacher, as
that term is defined by Section 5.001, Education Code; and
(2) is a retiree of the Teacher Retirement System of
Texas.
(b) The department shall issue specialty license plates for
retired classroom teachers with at least 20 years of service
teaching public school students. The license plates must include
the words "Retired Texas Teacher" and depict a Texas public
education logo. The department shall design the license plates in
consultation with the Texas Education Agency.
(c) The fee for issuance of the license plates is $5.
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 681.008, Transportation
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 681.008. PARKING PRIVILEGES: CERTAIN VETERANS, [AND]
MILITARY AWARD RECIPIENTS, CLASSROOM TEACHERS, AND RETIRED
CLASSROOM TEACHERS.
SECTION 3. 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, 504.308,
504.310, 504.315, 504.316, [or] 504.319, 504.517, or 504.518 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), 504.308, 504.310, 504.315, 504.316, [or]
504.319, 504.517, or 504.518;
(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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.