H.B. No. 618
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to privileged parking for certain veterans and military
  award recipients.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 681.008, Transportation
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 681.008.  PARKING PRIVILEGES: CERTAIN VETERANS AND
  MILITARY AWARD RECIPIENTS.
         SECTION 2.  Section 681.008(b), Transportation Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A vehicle on which license plates issued under Section
  504.202, [or] Section 504.315(c), (d), (e), (f), or (g), or Section
  504.316 are displayed is exempt from the payment of a parking fee
  collected through a parking meter charged by a governmental
  authority other than a branch of the federal government, when being
  operated by or for the transportation of:
               (1)  the person who registered the vehicle under
  Section 504.202(a), [or] Section 504.315(c), (d), (e), (f), or (g),
  or Section 504.316; or
               (2)  a person described in Section 504.202(b) if the
  vehicle is registered under that subsection.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 618 was passed by the House on April
  22, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 618 was passed by the Senate on May
  21, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor