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Amend CSHB 3588 (Senate committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to ARTICLE 12 of the bill 
and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of the ARTICLE accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 681.001, Transportation Code, is 
amended by adding Subdivision (7) to read as follows:
		(7)  "Stand" or "standing" means to halt an occupied or 
unoccupied vehicle, other than temporarily while receiving or 
discharging passengers.
	SECTION ____.  Section 681.011, Transportation Code, is 
amended by amending Subsections (a)-(c), (e), and (m) to read as 
follows:
	(a)  A person commits an offense if:                                           
		(1)  the person stands [parks] a vehicle on which are 
displayed license plates issued under Section 502.253 or 502.254 or 
a disabled parking placard in a parking space or area designated 
specifically for persons with disabilities by:
			(A)  a political subdivision; or                                             
			(B)  a person who owns or controls private 
property used for parking as to which a political subdivision has 
provided for the application of this section under Subsection (f); 
and
		(2)  the standing [parking] of the vehicle in that 
parking space or area is not authorized by Section 681.006, 
681.007, or 681.008.
	(b)  A person commits an offense if the person:                                
		(1)  stands [parks] a vehicle on which license plates 
issued under Section 502.253 or 502.254 are not displayed and a 
disabled parking placard is not displayed in a parking space or area 
designated specifically for individuals with disabilities by:
			(A)  a political subdivision; or                                             
			(B)  a person who owns or controls private 
property used for parking as to which a political subdivision has 
provided for the application of this section under this Subsection 
(f); or
		(2)  stands [parks] a vehicle displaying a white on red 
shield disabled parking placard or license plates issued under 
Section 502.253 in a space designated under Section 681.009(e) for 
the exclusive use of vehicles displaying a white on blue shield 
disabled parking placard.
	(c)  A person commits an offense if the person stands [parks] 
a vehicle so that the vehicle blocks an architectural improvement 
designed to aid persons with disabilities, including an access 
aisle or curb ramp.
	(e)  In a prosecution under this section, it is presumed that 
the registered owner of the motor vehicle is the person who left
[parked] the vehicle standing at the time and place the offense 
occurred.
	(m)  A person commits an offense if the person:                                
		(1)  stands [parks] a vehicle on which are displayed 
license plates issued under Section 502.253 or a disabled parking 
placard in a parking space or area for which this chapter creates an 
exemption from payment of a fee or penalty imposed by a governmental 
unit;
		(2)  does not have a disability;                                              
		(3)  is not transporting a person with disability; and                        
		(4)  does not pay any applicable fee related to 
standing [parking] in the space or area imposed by a governmental 
unit or exceeds a limitation on the length of time for standing
[parking] in the space or area.
	SECTION ____.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act to 
Sections 681.001 and 681.011, Transportation Code, apply only to an 
offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.  For 
purposes of this section, an offense is committed before the 
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs 
before that date.
	(b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this 
Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, 
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.