Bill Text: IN SB0387 | 2013 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Parking for persons with disabilities.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-13 - Public Law 50 [SB0387 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2013-SB0387-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 5-16.
Synopsis: Parking for persons with disabilities. Increases from $50 to
$100 the minimum civil judgment imposed for certain infractions
involving parking a motor vehicle in a space reserved for a person with
a physical disability or a disabled veteran.
Effective: July 1, 2013.
January 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Corrections & Criminal
Law.
January 24, 2013, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
January 31, 2013, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
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(b) Any person who knowingly parks in a parking space reserved for a person with a physical disability while displaying a placard to which neither the person nor the person's passenger is entitled commits a Class C infraction.
(c) Any person who displays for use in parking in a parking space reserved for a person with a physical disability a placard or a special license plate that was not issued under IC 9-14-5, IC 9-18-18, IC 9-18-22, or under the laws of another state commits a Class C
misdemeanor.
(d) A person who, in a parking space reserved for a person with a
physical disability, parks a vehicle that displays a placard or special
registration plate entitling a person to park in a parking space reserved
for a person with a physical disability commits a Class C infraction if
that person is not, at that time, in the process of transporting a person
with a physical disability or disabled veteran.
(e) Notwithstanding IC 34-28-5-4(c), a civil judgment of not less
than fifty dollars ($50) one hundred dollars ($100) must be imposed
for an infraction committed in violation of this section.
(1) IC 9-18;
(2) the laws of another state; or
(3) the laws of a foreign country.
(b) As used in this section, "lessee" means a person who has care, custody, or control of a motor vehicle under a written agreement for the rental or lease of the motor vehicle for less than sixty-one (61) days. The term does not include an employee of the owner of the motor vehicle.
(c) An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle commits a Class C infraction if the motor vehicle:
(1) is located in a parking space in a parking facility that is marked under section 2 of this chapter as a parking space reserved for a person with a physical disability; and
(2) does not display:
(A) an unexpired parking permit for a person with a physical disability issued under IC 9-14-5;
(B) an unexpired disabled veteran's registration plate issued under IC 9-18-18;
(C) an unexpired registration plate or decal for a person with a physical disability issued under IC 9-18-22; or
(D) an unexpired parking permit for a person with a physical disability, an unexpired disabled veteran's registration plate, or an unexpired registration plate or decal for a person with a physical disability issued under the laws of another state.
(d) It is a defense that IC 9-30-11-8 applies to the violation.
(e) It is a defense that the motor vehicle was the subject of an offense described in IC 35-43-4 at the time of the violation of this section.
(f) Notwithstanding IC 34-28-5-4(c), a civil judgment of not less than
