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AN ACT
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relating to creating the offense of altering a disabled parking |
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placard. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 681.0111, Transportation |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 681.0111. MANUFACTURE, SALE, POSSESSION, OR USE OF |
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COUNTERFEIT OR ALTERED PLACARD. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 681.0111(a) and (b), Transportation |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person commits an offense if, without the department's |
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authorization, the person: |
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(1) manufactures, sells, or possesses a placard that |
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is deceptively similar to a disabled parking placard; or |
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(2) alters a genuine disabled parking placard. |
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(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly |
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parks a vehicle displaying a counterfeit or altered placard in a |
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parking space or area designated specifically for persons with |
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disabilities. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1473 was passed by the House on April |
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7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, 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. 1473 was passed by the Senate on May |
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25, 2011, 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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Governor |