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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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TRANSPORTATION CODE |
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Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC |
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Subtitle H. PARKING, TOWING, AND STORAGE OF VEHICLES |
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Chapter 681. PRIVILEGED PARKING |
Sec. 681.012. SEIZURE AND REVOCATION OF PLACARD
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(a) A law enforcement officer who believes that an offense under Section 681.011(a) or (d) has occurred in the officer's presence shall seize any disabled parking placard involved in the offense. Not later than 48 hours after the seizure, the officer shall determine whether probable cause existed to believe that the offense was committed. If the officer does not find that probable cause existed, the officer shall promptly return each placard to the person from whom it was seized. If the officer finds that probable cause existed, the officer, not later than the fifth day after the date of the seizure, shall submit each seized placard to the department.
(a-1) A peace officer may seize a disabled parking placard from a person who operates a vehicle on which a disabled parking placard is displayed if the peace officer determines by inspecting the person's driver's license or personal identification certificate that the disabled parking placard does not contain the first four digits of the driver's license number or personal identification certificate number and the initials of:
(1) the person operating the vehicle;
(2) the applicant on behalf of a person being transported by the vehicle; or
(3) a person being transported by the vehicle.
(a-2) A peace officer shall submit each seized parking placard to the department not later than the fifth day after the seizure.
(b) On submission to the department under Subsection (a) or (a-2), a placard is revoked. On request of the person from whom the placard was seized, the department shall conduct a hearing and determine whether the revocation should continue or the placard should be returned to the person and the revocation rescinded.