Sec. 681.0111. MANUFACTURE, SALE, POSSESSION, OR USE OF COUNTERFEIT OR ALTERED PLACARD. (a) A person commits an offense if, without the department's authorization, the person:
(1) manufactures, sells, or possesses a placard that is deceptively similar to a disabled parking placard; or
(2) alters a genuine disabled parking placard.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly parks a vehicle displaying a counterfeit or altered placard in a parking space or area designated specifically for persons with disabilities.
(c) An offense under Subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor. An offense under Subsection (b) is a Class C misdemeanor.
(d) For purposes of this section, a placard is deceptively similar to a disabled parking placard if the placard is not a genuine disabled parking placard but a reasonable person would presume that it is a genuine disabled parking placard.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 400, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 756 (H.B. 1473), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 756 (H.B. 1473), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 7 - Vehicles and Traffic
Subtitle H - Parking, Towing, and Storage of Vehicles
Chapter 681 - Privileged Parking
Section 681.002. Disabled Parking Placard
Section 681.003. Parking Placard Application
Section 681.0031. Applicant's Identification
Section 681.0032. Issuance of Disabled Parking Placards to Certain Institutions
Section 681.004. Issuance of Parking Placard; Expiration
Section 681.005. Duties of County Assessor-Collector
Section 681.006. Parking Privileges: Persons With Disabilities
Section 681.007. Parking Privileges: Vehicles Displaying International Symbol of Access
Section 681.008. Parking Privileges: Certain Veterans and Military Award Recipients
Section 681.009. Designation of Parking Spaces by Political Subdivision or Private Property Owner
Section 681.0101. Enforcement by Certain Appointed Persons
Section 681.011. Offenses; Presumption
Section 681.0111. Manufacture, Sale, Possession, or Use of Counterfeit or Altered Placard