Sec. 681.002.  DISABLED PARKING PLACARD.  (a)  The department shall provide for the issuance of a disabled parking placard to a person with a disability.
(b)  A disabled parking placard must be two-sided and hooked and include on each side:
(1)  the international symbol of access, which must be at least three inches in height, be centered on the placard, and be:
(A)  white on a blue shield for a placard issued to a person with a permanent disability;  or
(B)  white on a red shield for a placard issued to a person with a temporary disability;
(2)  an identification number;
(3)  an expiration date at least three inches in height;  and
(4)  the seal or other identification of the department.
(c)  The department shall furnish the disabled parking placards to each county assessor-collector.
(d)  A disabled parking placard must bear a hologram designed to prevent the reproduction of the placard or the production of a counterfeit placard.
(e)  In addition to the expiration date included on a disabled parking placard under Subsection (b), the expiration date must be indicated on the placard by a month and year hole-punch system.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1353, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1362, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by: 
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1160 (H.B. 3095), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.