88R8962 SRA-F     By: Parker S.B. No. 1264       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the issuance of disabled parking placards to certain   day activity and health services facilities that transport persons   with a disability.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 681.0032, Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 681.0032.  ISSUANCE OF DISABLED PARKING PLACARDS TO   CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS.  (a)  The department shall provide for the   issuance of disabled parking placards described by Section 681.002   for a van or bus operated by:                (1)  an institution, facility, or residential   retirement community for the elderly in which a person eligible for   a license plate under [described by] Section 504.201 [504.201(a)]   resides, including an institution licensed under Chapter 242,   Health and Safety Code, and a facility licensed under Chapter 246 or   247 of that code; or                 (2)  a day activity and health services facility   licensed under Chapter 103, Human Resources Code, that provides   services to a person eligible for a license plate under Section   504.201.          (b)  The application for a disabled parking placard must be   made in the manner provided by Section 681.003(b) and be   accompanied by a written statement signed by the administrator or   manager of, as applicable:                (1)  the institution, facility, or retirement   community described by Subsection (a)(1) certifying to the   department that the institution, facility, or retirement community   regularly transports, as a part of the services that the   institution, facility, or retirement community provides, one or   more persons eligible for a license plate under [described by]   Section 504.201 [504.201(a)] who reside in the institution,   facility, or retirement community; or                (2)  the facility described by Subsection (a)(2)   certifying to the department that the facility regularly   transports, as a part of the services that the facility provides,   one or more persons eligible for a license plate under Section   504.201.          (c)  The department shall determine the eligibility of an   [the] institution, facility, or retirement community for a disabled   parking placard based on the evidence the applicant provides.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.