By: Larson, Frullo, Fallon	H.B. No. 168
	(Senate Sponsor - Campbell)
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015;
	May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Transportation; May 19, 2015, reported favorably by the following
	vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 19, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to privileged parking for Distinguished Flying Cross medal
	recipients.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 681.008(b), Transportation Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A vehicle on which license plates described by
	Subsection (a)(2) or issued under Section 504.202, 504.308,
	[Section] 504.310, 504.315, [or] 504.316, or 504.319 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), 504.308, [Section] 504.310, 504.315, [or]
	504.316, or 504.319;
	(2)  a person described in Section 504.202(b) if the
	vehicle is registered under that subsection; or
	(3)  the owner or operator of a vehicle displaying
	license plates described by Subsection (a)(2).
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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