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House Study Bill 209

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321L.1, Code 1997, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  8.  "Lifelong disability" means a
  1  4 disability described under subsection 7 which has been
  1  5 determined to be permanent by a person authorized to provide
  1  6 the statement of disability required by section 321L.2.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 321L.2, subsection 1, paragraph a,
  1  8 subparagraph (3), Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1  9    (3)  Removable windshield placard.  A handicapped person
  1 10 may apply for a temporary removable windshield placard which
  1 11 shall be valid for a period of up to six months, as determined
  1 12 by the physician's or chiropractor's statement under this
  1 13 subsection or a nonexpiring removable windshield placard which
  1 14 shall be valid for a period of four years from the date of
  1 15 issuance, as determined by the physician's or chiropractor's
  1 16 statement under this subsection.  A temporary removable
  1 17 windshield placard shall be renewed within thirty days of the
  1 18 date of expiration.  To renew the placard, the person shall
  1 19 comply with the requirements for initial issuance of the
  1 20 placard under this section.  Persons seeking temporary
  1 21 removable windshield placards shall be required to furnish
  1 22 evidence upon initial application that they are temporarily
  1 23 handicapped and, in addition, furnish evidence at subsequent
  1 24 intervals that they remain temporarily handicapped.  Temporary
  1 25 removable windshield placards shall be of a distinctively
  1 26 different color from nonexpiring removable windshield
  1 27 placards.  A nonexpiring removable windshield placard shall
  1 28 state on the face of the placard that it is a nonexpiring
  1 29 placard.  The department shall issue one additional removable
  1 30 windshield placard upon the request of a handicapped person.
  1 31    Sec. 3.  Section 321L.2, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
  1 32 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1 33    b.  The department may issue expiring removable windshield
  1 34 placards to the following:
  1 35    (1)  An organization which has a program for transporting
  2  1 the handicapped or elderly.
  2  2    (2)  A person in the business of transporting the
  2  3 handicapped or elderly.
  2  4    One expiring removable windshield placard may be issued for
  2  5 each vehicle used by the organization or person for
  2  6 transporting the handicapped or elderly.  A placard issued
  2  7 under this paragraph shall be renewed every four years from
  2  8 the date of issuance and shall be surrendered to the
  2  9 department if the organization or person is no longer
  2 10 providing the service for which the placard was issued.
  2 11 Notwithstanding section 321L.4, a person transporting
  2 12 handicapped or elderly in a motor vehicle for which a placard
  2 13 has been issued under this paragraph may display the placard
  2 14 in the motor vehicle and may use a handicapped parking space
  2 15 while the motor vehicle is displaying the placard.  A placard
  2 16 issued under this paragraph shall be of a distinctively
  2 17 different color from a placard issued under paragraph "a".  An
  2 18 organization issued a an expiring removable windshield placard
  2 19 and a handicapped person being transported under this
  2 20 subsection are exempt from the handicapped designation
  2 21 requirement under section 321L.4.
  2 22    Sec. 4.  Section 321L.2, subsection 3, paragraph b,
  2 23 subparagraph (3), Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  2 24    (3)  The signature of the person who has been issued the
  2 25 placard and the signature of the physician or chiropractor who
  2 26 made the determination that the person was handicapped for
  2 27 purposes of issuance of the placard.
  2 28    Sec. 5.  Section 321L.2, subsection 5, Code 1997, is
  2 29 amended by striking the subsection.  
  2 30                           EXPLANATION
  2 31    This bill authorizes the state department of transportation
  2 32 to issue nonexpiring removable windshield placards to persons
  2 33 who are handicapped by reason of a lifelong disability.  To be
  2 34 eligible for a nonexpiring placard, a physician or
  2 35 chiropractor must state in writing to the department that the
  3  1 person's disability is permanent.  A nonexpiring placard must
  3  2 be a different color from a temporary placard and state that
  3  3 it is a nonexpiring placard.
  3  4    Currently, certain persons who transport handicapped or
  3  5 elderly persons may obtain removable windshield placards which
  3  6 must be renewed every four years.  The bill designates these
  3  7 placards as expiring removable windshield placards.
  3  8    The bill eliminates the requirement that the physician or
  3  9 chiropractor who made the determination regarding the
  3 10 handicapped person's disability sign the removable windshield
  3 11 placard.  The bill also eliminates the requirement that a
  3 12 handicapped person who obtains a removable windshield placard
  3 13 have a handicapped designation on the person's driver's
  3 14 license or obtain a nonoperator's identification card.  
  3 15 LSB 2609HC 77
  3 16 mk/jj/8
     

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