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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of disabled parking placards to and the |
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registration of vehicles by certain veterans with disabilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 504.202, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by amending Subsections (b) and (d) and adding Subsection (g) to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) [The department shall issue a specialty license plate
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for a motor vehicle that has a manufacturer's rated carrying
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capacity of two tons or less and that is owned by a veteran of the
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United States armed forces.] A veteran of the United States armed |
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forces is entitled to register, for the person's own use, two motor |
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vehicles under this section if [the person]: |
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(1) the person has suffered, as a result of military |
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service: |
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(A) at least a 50 percent service-connected |
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disability; or |
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(B) a 40 percent service-connected disability |
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because of the amputation of a lower extremity; [and] |
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(2) the person receives compensation from the United |
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States because of the disability; and |
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(3) the motor vehicle: |
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(A) is owned by the person; and |
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(B) has a manufacturer's rated carrying capacity |
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of two tons or less. |
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(d) A statement by the veterans county service officer of |
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the county in which a vehicle described by Subsection (c) [(b)] is |
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registered or by the Department of Veterans Affairs that a vehicle |
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is used exclusively to transport veterans with disabilities without |
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charge is satisfactory proof of eligibility for an organization. |
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(g) A person who receives two sets of license plates under |
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this section may receive two disabled parking placards under |
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Section 681.004 without providing additional documentation. |
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SECTION 2. Section 681.004(a), Transportation Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person with a permanent disability may receive: |
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(1) two disabled parking placards, if the person does |
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not receive a set of special license plates under Section 504.201; |
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[or] |
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(2) one disabled parking placard, if the person |
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receives a set of special license plates under Section 504.201; or |
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(3) two disabled parking placards, if the person |
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receives two sets of special license plates under Section 504.202. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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____________________________________________________________ |
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President of the SenateSpeaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2105 was passed by the House on April |
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12, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2105 was passed by the Senate on May |
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3, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |