Bill Text: TX HB126 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to parking placards for vehicles of persons with disabilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-10 - Left pending in subcommittee [HB126 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB126-Introduced.html
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By: Fletcher | H.B. No. 126 |
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relating to parking placards for vehicles of persons with | ||
disabilities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 681.003(b), (c), and (e), | ||
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) An application for a disabled parking placard must be: | ||
(1) on a form furnished by the department; | ||
(2) submitted to the county assessor-collector of the | ||
county in which the person with the disability: | ||
(A) resides if the person has a permanent | ||
disability and is a resident of this state; | ||
(B) resides or is seeking medical treatment if | ||
the person has a temporary disability and is a resident of this | ||
state; or | ||
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treatment if the person [ |
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(3) accompanied by a fee of $5 if the application is | ||
for a temporary placard. | ||
(c) Subject to Subsections (e) and (f), the first | ||
application must be accompanied by a notarized written statement or | ||
written prescription of a physician licensed to practice medicine | ||
in this state or a state adjacent to this state, or authorized by | ||
applicable law to practice medicine in a hospital or other health | ||
facility of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, | ||
certifying and providing evidence acceptable to the department that | ||
the person making the application or on whose behalf the | ||
application is made is legally blind or has a mobility problem that | ||
substantially impairs the person's ability to ambulate. The | ||
statement or prescription must include a certification of whether | ||
the disability is temporary or permanent and information acceptable | ||
to the department to determine the type of disabled parking placard | ||
for which the person [ |
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determine a person's eligibility based on evidence provided by the | ||
applicant establishing legal blindness or mobility impairment. | ||
(e) If a first application for a disabled parking placard | ||
under this section is made by or on behalf of a person with: | ||
(1) a mobility problem caused by a disorder of the | ||
foot, the notarized written statement or written prescription | ||
required by Subsection (c) may be issued by a person licensed to | ||
practice podiatry in this state or a state adjacent to this state; | ||
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(2) a disability caused by an impairment of vision as | ||
provided by Section 681.001(2), the notarized written statement or | ||
written prescription required by Subsection (c) may be issued by a | ||
person licensed to engage in the practice of optometry or the | ||
practice of therapeutic optometry in this state or a state adjacent | ||
to this state; or | ||
(3) a temporary mobility problem that substantially | ||
impairs the person's ability to ambulate, the notarized written | ||
statement or written prescription required by Subsection (c) may be | ||
issued by a person licensed to practice chiropractic, as described | ||
by Section 201.002, Occupations Code, in this state or a state | ||
adjacent to this state. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |