Bill Text: TX SB2138 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to parking fees charged by public institutions of higher education to persons with disabilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-01 - Referred to Higher Education [SB2138 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB2138-Introduced.html
By: Blanco | S.B. No. 2138 | |
|
||
|
||
relating to parking fees charged by public institutions of higher | ||
education to persons with disabilities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 681.007, Transportation Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
PARKING PRIVILEGES: VEHICLES DISPLAYING INTERNATIONAL | ||
SYMBOL OF ACCESS. | ||
(a) A vehicle may be parked and is exempt from the payment of | ||
a fee or penalty in the same manner as a vehicle that has displayed | ||
on the vehicle special license plates issued under Section 504.201 | ||
or a disabled parking placard as provided by Section 681.006 if | ||
there is displayed on the vehicle a license plate or placard that: | ||
(1) bears the international symbol of access; and | ||
(2) is issued by a state or by a state or province of a | ||
foreign country to the owner or operator of the vehicle for the | ||
transportation of a person with a disability. | ||
(a-1) A vehicle described by Subsection (a) may be parked | ||
for an unlimited period in a parking space or area that is | ||
designated specifically for persons with physical disabilities on | ||
the property of an institution of higher education, as defined by | ||
Section 61.003, Education Code, regardless of whether a permit is | ||
generally required for the use of the space or area. An institution | ||
of higher education may require a vehicle described by Subsection | ||
(a) to display a parking permit issued by the institution | ||
specifically for the purpose of implementing this subsection, but | ||
may not charge a fee for the permit. This subsection does not | ||
entitle a person to park a vehicle described by Subsection (a) in a | ||
parking space or area that has not been designated specifically for | ||
persons with physical disabilities on the property of the | ||
institution if the vehicle has not been granted or assigned a | ||
parking permit required by the institution. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |