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AN ACT
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relating to certification of a person as eligible for disabled |
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parking privileges. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 681.003(f), Transportation Code, as |
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added by Chapter 842 (S.B. 1984), Acts of the 81st Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2009, is amended to read as follows: |
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(f) This subsection applies only to the first application |
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for a disabled parking placard submitted by a person [who resides in
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a county with a population of 125,000 or less]. The notarized |
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written statement or prescription may be issued by: |
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(1) a person acting under the delegation and |
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supervision of a licensed physician in conformance with Subchapter |
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B, Chapter 157, Occupations Code; or |
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(2) a physician assistant licensed to practice in this |
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state acting as the agent of a licensed physician under Section |
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204.202(e), Occupations Code. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2080 was passed by the House on April |
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26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 2, 2 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. 2080 was passed by the Senate on May |
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21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |