89R16781 AJZ-F     By: Morales of Maverick H.B. No. 5358       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the issuance of a disabled parking sticker by the   Department of Motor Vehicles.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 681.001, Transportation Code, is amended   by adding Subdivision (3-a) to read as follows:                (3-a)  "Disabled parking sticker" means a sticker   issued under Section 681.002.          SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 681.002, Transportation   Code, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 681.002.  DISABLED PARKING PLACARD OR STICKER.          SECTION 3.  Section 681.002, Transportation Code, is amended   by amending Subsections (a), (c), and (d) and adding Subsections   (f), (g), and (h) to read as follows:          (a)  The department shall provide for the issuance of a   disabled parking placard or a disabled parking sticker, as provided   by Subsection (f), to a person with a disability.          (c)  The department shall furnish the disabled parking   placards and disabled parking stickers to each county   assessor-collector.          (d)  A disabled parking placard and a disabled parking   sticker must bear a hologram designed to prevent the reproduction   of the placard or sticker or the production of a counterfeit placard   or sticker.          (f)  If issuing a disabled parking placard is not feasible or   practical, including when a person with a disability applies for a   placard for a motor vehicle with two or three wheels, the department   shall provide for the issuance of a disabled parking sticker in lieu   of a placard. The disabled parking sticker must be one-sided and   include the same information as a disabled parking placard under   Subsections (b) and (e). The department shall adopt rules as   necessary to implement this subsection.          (g)  A disabled parking sticker issued under Subsection (f)   must be displayed on the top or bottom left hand corner of a motor   vehicle's windshield.          (h)  Except as otherwise provided by this section, a disabled   parking sticker is subject to the laws of this state applicable to a   disabled parking placard, including laws relating to the   application for and issuance of a disabled parking placard.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.