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House Journal: Page 812: Tuesday, March 25, 1997

41   "handicapped persons with disabilities".
42     18.  Page 3, line 17, by striking the word
43   "handicapped" and inserting the following:
44   "handicapped persons with disabilities".
45     19.  Page 3, by inserting after line 17 the
46   following:
47     "Sec. ___.  AMENDMENTS CHANGING TERMINOLOGY _
48   DIRECTIVES TO CODE EDITOR.
49     1.  The Code editor shall substitute the words
50   "persons with disabilities" for the word "handicapped"

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 1   wherever the word "handicapped" is used in the terms
 2   "handicapped parking permit", "handicapped parking
 3   permits", "handicapped parking space", "handicapped
 4   parking spaces", "handicapped designation",
 5   "handicapped designations", "handicapped
 6   identification designation", "handicapped
 7   identification designations", "handicapped parking
 8   space", "handicapped parking spaces", "handicapped
 9   parking", "handicapped parking review committee",
10   "handicapped parking sign", "handicapped parking
11   signs", "handicapped parking sticker", "handicapped
12   parking stickers", "handicapped registration plate",
13   "handicapped registration plates", "handicapped
14   identification device", and "handicapped
15   identification devices".
16     2.  The Code editor shall substitute the word
17   "disability" for "handicap" where there appears to be
18   no doubt as to the intent to refer to a disability.
19     3.  The Code editor shall substitute the words
20   "person with a disability" for the words "handicapped
21   person" and the words "persons with disabilities" for
22   the words "handicapped persons" where there appears to
23   be no doubt as to the intent to refer to a person with
24   a disability or persons with disabilities.
25     Sec. ___.  Section 321L.6, subsection 3, Code 1997,
26   is amended by striking the subsection."
27     20.  Page 3, by striking lines 18 and 19 and
28   inserting the following:
29     "Sec. ___.  EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATE
30   PROVISIONS.  This Act, being deemed of immediate
31   importance, takes effect upon enactment.  However,
32   state agencies, political subdivisions of the state,
33   and other persons which currently have signs or
34   windshield placards, stickers, or other devices which
35   bear the word "handicapped" or the statement required
36   by section 321L.6, subsection 3, Code 1997, may
37   continue to use the placards, stickers, or devices
38   until they would be replaced in the normal course of
39   business."
40     21.  Title page, line 1, by inserting after the

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