HB 5358

relating to the issuance of a disabled parking sticker by the
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
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
(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
(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
(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.