88R9540 DIO-D By: Dorazio H.B. No. 2296 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to privileged parking for certain military campaign and service award recipients. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. 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, 504.3161, or 504.319 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, 504.3161, or 504.319; (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 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.