88R3577 DIO-F     By: Cortez, et al. H.B. No. 108       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to privileged parking and the issuance of specialty   license plates for certain classroom teachers and retired classroom   teachers; imposing a fee.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 504, Transportation Code,   is amended by adding Sections 504.517 and 504.518 to read as   follows:          Sec. 504.517.  CLASSROOM TEACHERS. (a) In this section,   "classroom teacher" has the meaning assigned by Section 5.001,   Education Code.          (b)  The department shall issue specialty license plates for   classroom teachers with at least 15 years of service teaching   public school students. The license plates must include the words   "Texas Teacher" and depict a Texas public education logo. The   department shall design the license plates in consultation with the   Texas Education Agency.          (c)  The fee for issuance of the license plates is $10.          Sec. 504.518.  RETIRED CLASSROOM TEACHERS. (a) In this   section, "retired classroom teacher" means a person who:                (1)  was formerly employed as a classroom teacher, as   that term is defined by Section 5.001, Education Code; and                (2)  is a retiree of the Teacher Retirement System of   Texas.          (b)  The department shall issue specialty license plates for   retired classroom teachers with at least 20 years of service   teaching public school students. The license plates must include   the words "Retired Texas Teacher" and depict a Texas public   education logo. The department shall design the license plates in   consultation with the Texas Education Agency.          (c)  The fee for issuance of the license plates is $5.          SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 681.008, Transportation   Code, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 681.008.  PARKING PRIVILEGES: CERTAIN VETERANS, [AND]   MILITARY AWARD RECIPIENTS, CLASSROOM TEACHERS, AND RETIRED   CLASSROOM TEACHERS.          SECTION 3.  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,   504.310, 504.315, 504.316, [or] 504.319, 504.517, or 504.518 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, 504.310, 504.315, 504.316, [or]   504.319, 504.517, or 504.518;                (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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.