By: Blanco S.B. No. 2138
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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.