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1	1	H.B. No. 1633
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to certain offenses regarding parking privileges of
6	6	veterans with disabilities.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Section 681.011, Transportation Code, is amended
9	9	by adding Subsections (m), (n), and (o) to read as follows:
10	10	(m) Subsections (n) and (o) apply only to a person who
11	11	commits an offense under Subsection (b) when the vehicle:
12	12	(1) displays special license plates issued under
13	13	Section 504.202 other than special license plates issued under
14	14	Section 504.202(b-1); and
15	15	(2) does not display a disabled parking placard.
16	16	(n) Notwithstanding Subsections (g)-(k), an offense
17	17	described by Subsection (m) is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of
18	18	not less than $25 or more than $200 or not more than 10 hours of
19	19	community service, except that:
20	20	(1) if the person has previously been convicted one
21	21	time of an offense described by Subsection (m) or received a
22	22	dismissal under Subsection (o), the offense is punishable by:
23	23	(A) a fine of not less than $200 or more than
24	24	$400; or
25	25	(B) not less than 10 hours or more than 20 hours
26	26	of community service; and
27	27	(2) if the person has previously been convicted two
28	28	times of an offense described by Subsection (m) or if the person has
29	29	previously received a dismissal under Subsection (o) and previously
30	30	been convicted one time of an offense described by Subsection (m),
31	31	the offense is punishable by:
32	32	(A) a fine of not less than $400 or more than
33	33	$750; or
34	34	(B) not less than 20 hours or more than 30 hours
35	35	of community service.
36	36	(o) The court shall dismiss a charge for an offense
37	37	described by Subsection (m) if the person:
38	38	(1) has not been previously convicted of an offense
39	39	described by that subsection;
40	40	(2) has not previously received a dismissal under this
41	41	subsection; and
42	42	(3) submits an application for a specialty license
43	43	plate that includes the symbol described by Section 504.201(f)
44	44	within six months after the date the person was charged with the
45	45	offense.
46	46	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
47	47	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
48	48	An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
49	49	governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
50	50	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
51	51	purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
52	52	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
53	53	before that date.
54	54	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
55	55	______________________________ ______________________________
56	56	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
57	57	I certify that H.B. No. 1633 was passed by the House on April
58	58	14, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 9, 2 present, not
59	59	voting.
60	60	______________________________
61	61	Chief Clerk of the House
62	62	I certify that H.B. No. 1633 was passed by the Senate on May
63	63	17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
64	64	______________________________
65	65	Secretary of the Senate
66	66	APPROVED: _____________________
67	67	Date
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69	69	Governor