TITLE: Relating to parking privileges for disabled veterans.

SUMMARY: Relating to parking privileges for disabled veterans.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to parking privileges for disabled veterans. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 681.008(a), Transportation Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 681.008. PARKING PRIVILEGES: CERTAIN VETERANS AND MILITARY AWARD RECIPIENTS. (a) A vehicle may be parked for an unlimited period in a parking space or area that is designated specifically for persons with physical disabilities if: (1) the vehicle: (A) displays special license plates issued under Section 504.202(b-1); and (B) is being operated by or for the transportation of the person to whom the plates were issued; or (2) the vehicle displays license plates issued by any [another] state of the United States that indicate on the face of the license plates that the owner or operator of the vehicle is a disabled veteran of the United States armed forces. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.