Bill Text: TX HB3993 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of van-only parking spaces for use by persons with disabilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Transportation [HB3993 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3993-Introduced.html
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By: Bohac | H.B. No. 3993 |
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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: | ||
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the transportation of a person with a disability; and | ||
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license plates issued under Section 504.201; or | ||
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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; | ||
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(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 | ||
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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. |