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1 1 HOUSE FILE 692
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO THE CRITERIA FOR ISSUANCE OF HANDICAPPED
1 5 SPECIAL PLATES AND MAKING A CIVIL PENALTY APPLICABLE.
1 6
1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 8
1 9 Section 1. Section 321.34, subsection 14, Code 1997, is
1 10 amended to read as follows:
1 11 14. HANDICAPPED SPECIAL PLATES. An owner referred to in
1 12 subsection 12 who is a handicapped person, or who is the
1 13 parent or guardian of a child who resides with the parent or
1 14 guardian owner and who is a handicapped person, as defined in
1 15 section 321L.1, may, upon written application to the
1 16 department, order special registration plates with a
1 17 handicapped processed emblem designed by the department
1 18 bearing the international symbol of accessibility. The
1 19 special registration plates with a handicapped processed
1 20 emblem shall only be issued if the application is accompanied
1 21 with a statement from a physician licensed under chapter 148,
1 22 149, 150, or 150A, a physician assistant licensed under
1 23 chapter 148C, an advanced registered nurse practitioner
1 24 licensed under chapter 152, or a chiropractor licensed under
1 25 chapter 151, written on the physician's, physician
1 26 assistant's, nurse practitioner's, or chiropractor's
1 27 stationery, stating the nature of the applicant's or the
1 28 applicant's child's handicap and such additional information
1 29 as required by rules adopted by the department, including
1 30 proof of residency of a child who is a handicapped person. If
1 31 the application is approved by the department the special
1 32 registration plates with a handicapped processed emblem shall
1 33 be issued to the applicant. There shall be no fee in addition
1 34 to the regular annual registration fee for the special
1 35 registration plates with a handicapped processed emblem. The
2 1 authorization for special registration plates with a
2 2 handicapped processed emblem shall not be renewed without the
2 3 applicant furnishing evidence to the department that the owner
2 4 of the motor vehicle or the owner's child is still a
2 5 handicapped person as defined in section 321L.1. An owner who
2 6 has a child who is a handicapped person shall provide
2 7 satisfactory evidence to the department that the handicapped
2 8 child continues to reside with the owner. The registration
2 9 plates with a handicapped processed emblem shall be
2 10 surrendered in exchange for regular registration plates as
2 11 provided in subsection 12 when the owner of the motor vehicle
2 12 or the owner's child no longer qualifies as a handicapped
2 13 person as defined in section 321L.1 or when the owner's child
2 14 who is a handicapped person no longer resides with the owner.
2 15 Sec. 2. Section 321L.2, subsection 1, paragraph a,
2 16 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1997, is amended to read as
2 17 follows:
2 18 A handicapped resident of the state desiring a handicapped
2 19 parking permit shall apply to the department upon an
2 20 application form furnished by the department providing the
2 21 applicant's name, address, date of birth, and social security
2 22 number and shall also provide a statement from a physician
2 23 licensed under chapter 148, 149, 150, or 150A, a physician
2 24 assistant licensed under chapter 148C, an advanced registered
2 25 nurse practitioner licensed under chapter 152, or a
2 26 chiropractor licensed under chapter 151, or a physician,
2 27 physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or chiropractor
2 28 licensed to practice in a contiguous state, written on the
2 29 physician's, physician assistant's, nurse practitioner's, or
2 30 chiropractor's stationery, stating the nature of the
2 31 applicant's handicap and such additional information as
2 32 required by rules adopted by the department under section
2 33 321L.8. If the person is applying for a temporary handicapped
2 34 parking permit, the physician's, physician assistant's, nurse
2 35 practitioner's, or chiropractor's statement shall state the
3 1 period of time during which the person is expected to be
3 2 handicapped and the period of time for which the permit should
3 3 be issued, not to exceed six months.
3 4 Sec. 3. Section 321L.2, subsection 1, paragraph a,
3 5 subparagraph (3), Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
3 6 (3) Removable windshield placard. A handicapped person
3 7 may apply for a temporary removable windshield placard which
3 8 shall be valid for a period of up to six months, as determined
3 9 by the physician's, physician assistant's, nurse
3 10 practitioner's, or chiropractor's statement under this
3 11 subsection or a removable windshield placard which shall be
3 12 valid for a period of four years from the date of issuance. A
3 13 removable windshield placard shall be renewed within thirty
3 14 days of the date of expiration. To renew the placard, the
3 15 person shall comply with the requirements for initial issuance
3 16 of the placard under this section. Persons seeking temporary
3 17 removable windshield placards shall be required to furnish
3 18 evidence upon initial application that they are temporarily
3 19 handicapped and, in addition, furnish evidence at subsequent
3 20 intervals that they remain temporarily handicapped. Temporary
3 21 removable windshield placards shall be of a distinctively
3 22 different color from removable windshield placards. The
3 23 department shall issue one additional removable windshield
3 24 placard upon the request of a handicapped person.
3 25 Sec. 4. Section 321L.2, subsection 2, Code 1997, is
3 26 amended to read as follows:
3 27 2. Any person providing false information with the intent
3 28 to defraud on the application for a handicapped parking permit
3 29 used in establishing proof under subsection 1 is subject to a
3 30 civil penalty of three hundred dollars which may be imposed by
3 31 the department. A physician, physician assistant, nurse
3 32 practitioner, or chiropractor who provides false information
3 33 with the intent to defraud on the physician's, physician
3 34 assistant's, nurse practitioner's, or chiropractor's statement
3 35 used in establishing proof under subsection 1 is subject to a
4 1 civil penalty of three hundred dollars which may be imposed by
4 2 the department. In addition to the civil penalty, the
4 3 department shall revoke the permit issued pursuant to this
4 4 section.
4 5
4 6
4 7
4 8 RON J. CORBETT
4 9 Speaker of the House
4 10
4 11
4 12
4 13 MARY E. KRAMER
4 14 President of the Senate
4 15
4 16 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
4 17 is known as House File 692, Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
4 18
4 19
4 20
4 21 ELIZABETH ISAACSON
4 22 Chief Clerk of the House
4 23 Approved , 1997
4 24
4 25
4 26
4 27 TERRY E. BRANSTAD
4 28 Governor
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