House
File
588
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
588
BY
BENNETT
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
issuance
of
persons
with
disabilities
1
parking
permits
to
new
residents
with
valid
persons
with
2
disabilities
parking
permits
from
other
states.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
321L.2,
subsection
1,
unnumbered
1
paragraph
1,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
A
resident
of
the
state
with
a
disability
desiring
a
persons
3
with
disabilities
parking
permit
shall
apply
to
the
department
4
upon
an
application
form
furnished
by
the
department
providing
5
the
applicant’s
full
legal
name,
address,
date
of
birth,
and
6
social
security
number
or
Iowa
driver’s
license
number
or
7
Iowa
nonoperator’s
identification
card
number,
and
shall
also
8
provide
a
statement
from
a
physician
licensed
under
chapter
9
148
or
149
,
a
physician
assistant
licensed
under
chapter
10
148C
,
an
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner
licensed
11
under
chapter
152
,
or
a
chiropractor
licensed
under
chapter
12
151
,
or
a
physician,
physician
assistant,
nurse
practitioner,
13
or
chiropractor
licensed
to
practice
in
a
contiguous
state,
14
written
on
the
physician’s,
physician
assistant’s,
nurse
15
practitioner’s,
or
chiropractor’s
stationery,
stating
the
16
nature
of
the
applicant’s
disability
and
such
additional
17
information
as
required
by
rules
adopted
by
the
department
18
under
section
321L.8
.
If
the
person
is
applying
for
a
19
temporary
persons
with
disabilities
parking
permit,
the
20
physician’s,
physician
assistant’s,
nurse
practitioner’s,
or
21
chiropractor’s
statement
shall
state
the
period
of
time
during
22
which
the
person
is
expected
to
be
disabled
and
the
period
23
of
time
for
which
the
permit
should
be
issued,
not
to
exceed
24
six
months.
The
department
may
waive
the
requirement
that
25
the
applicant
furnish
the
applicant’s
social
security
number,
26
Iowa
driver’s
license
number,
or
nonoperator’s
identification
27
card
number
when
the
application
for
a
temporary
persons
with
28
disabilities
parking
permit
is
made
on
behalf
of
a
person
29
who
is
less
than
one
year
old.
The
department
may
accept
a
30
certification
of
disability
from
the
United
States
department
31
of
veterans
affairs
in
lieu
of
a
statement
from
a
physician,
32
physician
assistant,
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner,
33
or
chiropractor.
The
department
shall
accept
proof
that
the
34
person
holds
a
persons
with
disabilities
parking
permit,
or
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a
substantially
similar
permit,
from
another
state,
valid
at
1
the
time
the
person
submits
the
application
to
the
department,
2
in
lieu
of
a
statement
from
a
physician,
physician
assistant,
3
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner,
or
chiropractor,
4
if
the
person
became
a
resident
of
the
state
within
the
5
sixty-day
period
prior
to
submitting
the
application.
The
6
department
may
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
detailing
7
the
requirements
for
an
acceptable
certification
of
disability
8
or
the
requirements
for
proof
that
a
person
holds
a
persons
9
with
disabilities
parking
permit,
or
a
substantially
similar
10
permit,
from
another
state
.
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
Under
current
law,
a
resident
of
the
state
with
a
disability
15
desiring
a
persons
with
disabilities
parking
permit
must
16
apply
to
the
department
of
transportation
(DOT)
and
provide
17
the
applicant’s
full
legal
name,
address,
date
of
birth,
and
18
social
security
number
or
Iowa
driver’s
license
number
or
19
Iowa
nonoperator’s
identification
card
number,
and
must
also
20
provide
a
statement
from
a
physician,
physician
assistant,
21
advanced
registered
nurse
practitioner,
or
chiropractor.
This
22
bill
requires
the
DOT
to
accept
proof
that
the
person
holds
a
23
persons
with
disabilities
parking
permit,
or
a
substantially
24
similar
permit,
from
another
state,
valid
at
the
time
the
25
person
submits
the
application
to
the
DOT,
in
lieu
of
a
26
statement
from
a
physician,
physician
assistant,
advanced
27
registered
nurse
practitioner,
or
chiropractor,
if
the
person
28
became
a
resident
of
the
state
within
the
60-day
period
prior
29
to
submitting
the
application.
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