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House Journal: Page 808: Tuesday, March 25, 1997

41   persons with disabilities parking permit is carried in
42   or on the vehicle and shown to a peace officer on
43   request.
44     Sec. ___.  Section 321.34, subsection 14, Code
45   1997, is amended to read as follows:
46     14.  HANDICAPPED PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES SPECIAL
47   PLATES.  An owner referred to in subsection 12 who is
48   a handicapped person with a disability, or who is
the
49   parent or guardian of a child who resides with the
50   parent or guardian owner and who is a handicapped

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 1   person with a disability, as defined in section
 2   321L.1, may, upon written application to the
 3   department, order special registration plates with a
 4   handicapped persons with disabilities processed
emblem
 5   designed by the department bearing the international
 6   symbol of accessibility.  The special registration
 7   plates with a handicapped processed emblem shall only
 8   be issued if the application is accompanied with a
 9   statement from a physician licensed under chapter 148,
10   149, 150, or 150A, or a chiropractor licensed under
11   chapter 151, written on the physician's or
12   chiropractor's stationery, stating the nature of the
13   applicant's or the applicant's child's handicap
14   disability and such additional information as required
15   by rules adopted by the department, including proof of
16   residency of a child who is a handicapped person
with
17   a disability.  If the application is approved by the
18   department the special registration plates with a
19   handicapped persons with disabilities processed
emblem
20   shall be issued to the applicant.  There shall be no
21   fee in addition to the regular annual registration fee
22   for the special registration plates with a handicapped
23   persons with disabilities processed emblem.  The
24   authorization for special registration plates with a
25   handicapped persons with disabilities processed
emblem
26   shall not be renewed without the applicant furnishing
27   evidence to the department that the owner of the motor
28   vehicle or the owner's child is still a handicapped
29   person with a disability as defined in section 321L.1.
30   An owner who has a child who is a handicapped person
31   with a disability shall provide satisfactory evidence
32   to the department that the handicapped child with a
33   disability continues to reside with the owner.  The
34   registration plates with a handicapped persons with
35   disabilities processed emblem shall be surrendered in
36   exchange for regular registration plates as provided
37   in subsection 12 when the owner of the motor vehicle
38   or the owner's child no longer qualifies as a
39   handicapped person with a disability as defined in
40   section 321L.1 or when the owner's child who is a

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