Sign-up for 
Texas Disability Law - Parking and Buying Gas
Texas Law for People with Disabilities
- Provides that certain persons with temporary or permanent disabilities, or individuals and residential facilities that regularly transport individuals with disabilities are eligible for accessible parking placards and/or license plates for motor vehicles. Such individuals must obtain a statement or prescription from a physician or podiatrist.
- Provides for the issuance of special parking placards or license plates. This identification, or similar identification issued by another state, province or foreign country entitles parking in spaces reserved for people with disabilities. People with such identification can park for free at public metered spaces.
- Provides that people with disabilities may not loan their placards to others.
- Provides penalties for making, selling, or possessing fraudulent parking placards.
- Provides penalties for blocking access aisles or parking in accessible spaces to deliver goods.
- Allows people with disability placards or license plates to receive fuel pumping services (refueling) for self-service prices at stations where both services are available.
- Allows a city, county or school district to train volunteers to enforce parking violations for misuse of parking spaces or placards.
- Requires that placards issued after September 1, 2007 will include the first four digits of the applicants drivers license number and the applicants initials.
- Provides that certain veterans with disabilities are eligible to receive specialty license plates for two vehicles. Additionally, they may also receive two disabled parking placards.
- Permits a vehicle displaying a disabled veteran's license plate to park in any parking spot reserved for a person with a disability.
Texas Legal Citation
-
Accessible Parking:
Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 681 -
License Plates:
Texas Transportation Code, Section 504.201 -
Fraudulent Placards:
Texas Transportation Code, Section 681.0111 -
Blocking Aisles:
Texas Transportation Code, Section 681.011(c) -
Refueling:
Vernon's Annotated Texas Civil Statutes, Title 132 Chapter 4, Article 8613 - Enforcement by subdivision:
Texas Transportation Code, Chapter 681.0101 - Parking Placards:
Texas Transportation Code, Section 681.0031(b) - Disabled Veterans Parking Placards
Texas Transportation Code, Section 504.202
Texas Transportation Code, Section 681.004(a) - Disabled Veterans License Plates
Texas Transportation Code, Section 681.009
Contact
-
Texas Department
of Licensing and Regulation
(877) 278-0999; TDLR Main: (512) 463-6599
-
Texas Department of
Transportation
(512) 465-7611
- Contact local law enforcement agencies to report improper parking or placard abuse.
- Contact your local county tax assessor/collector to receive placards and plates.
- Contact local law enforcement agencies or the Consumer Protection Division of the Office of the Attorney General - (800) 621-0508 - regarding refueling.
For More Information
-
Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
(800) 803-9202 (800) 735-2989 (TDD)
-
Texas
Accessibility Standards regarding parking
-
Texas Department of Transportation
(512) 465-7611 -
Application form for parking placards or license plates[PDF]
-
"Frequently Asked Questions About Parking." (information about new Texas laws)
-
Governor's Committee on People with Disabilities
(512) 463-5739 VOICE; (512) 463-5746 (TTY)
"Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Parking for Persons with Disabilities" publication
-
The Office of the Attorney General:
Opinion regarding access aisles adjacent to accessible parking spaces are “architectural improvement.” (Opinion No. JC-0077)
-
Opinion
regarding university parking fees for students with disabilities
(Opinion No. DM 345) [PDF]
-
Opinion regarding fees for airport parking for individuals with
disabilities (Opinion No. DM-451)
-
Opinion
regarding whether law enforcement officers can give tickets for
violation of State disabled parking laws occurring on private
property. (Opinion No. DM-92-012)
-
Opinion
regarding possible conflict of Texas Transportation Code with ADA.
(Opinion No. JC-0251)
- Opinion which regulates the sale of motor vehicle fuel to disabled persons (Opinion No. DM-365)
Relevant Federal Laws
-
Americans with Disabilities Act:
U.S. Department of Justice
(800) 514-0301; (800) 514-0383 (TTY)
Local Ordinances
Local OrdinancesCities and counties may pass ordinances allowing people with disabilities to park for free at city or county owned parking spaces. Contact your local officials for more information.