Bill Text: FL S1558 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Parking Permits for Persons with Mobility Impairment

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-05-02 - Died in Appropriations [S1558 Detail]

Download: Florida-2014-S1558-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2014                                    SB 1558
       
       
        
       By Senator Abruzzo
       
       
       
       
       
       25-01227-14                                           20141558__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to parking permits for persons with
    3         mobility impairment; amending s. 320.0848, F.S.;
    4         directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
    5         Vehicles to design and issue a sticker for use as a
    6         parking permit in lieu of a placard; providing an
    7         effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
   12  320.0848, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         320.0848 Persons who have disabilities; issuance of
   14  disabled parking permits; temporary permits; permits for certain
   15  providers of transportation services to persons who have
   16  disabilities.—
   17         (2) DISABLED PARKING PERMIT; PERSONS WITH LONG-TERM
   18  MOBILITY PROBLEMS.—
   19         (a) The disabled parking permit is a placard that can be
   20  placed in a motor vehicle so as to be visible from the front and
   21  rear of the vehicle or a sticker that can be affixed to a
   22  registration license plate, including special and specialty
   23  license plates, issued under this chapter.
   24         1. Each side of the placard must have the international
   25  symbol of accessibility in a contrasting color in the center so
   26  as to be visible. One side of the placard must display the
   27  applicant’s driver driver’s license number or state
   28  identification card number along with a warning that the
   29  applicant must have such identification at all times while using
   30  the parking permit. In those cases where the severity of the
   31  disability prevents a disabled person from physically visiting
   32  or being transported to a driver license or tax collector office
   33  to obtain a driver driver’s license or identification card, a
   34  certifying physician may sign the exemption section of the
   35  department’s parking permit application to exempt the disabled
   36  person from being issued a driver driver’s license or
   37  identification card for the number to be displayed on the
   38  parking permit. A validation sticker must also be issued with
   39  each disabled parking permit, showing the month and year of
   40  expiration on each side of the placard. Validation stickers must
   41  be of the size specified by the Department of Highway Safety and
   42  Motor Vehicles and must be affixed to the disabled parking
   43  permits. The disabled parking permits must use the same colors
   44  as license plate validations.
   45         2. The department shall design a sticker displaying the
   46  international symbol of accessibility which may be affixed to
   47  the upper left corner of a registration license plate issued
   48  under this chapter. The sticker may be issued in lieu of the
   49  placard under subparagraph 1. to persons with long-term mobility
   50  problems and shall be valid for the same parking and other
   51  privileges as a placard issued under this section.
   52         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.