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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.34, subsection 14, Code Supplement 1 2 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 14. PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES SPECIAL PLATES. An owner 1 4 referred to in subsection 12 or an owner of a trailer used to 1 5 transport a wheelchair who is a person with a disability, or 1 6 who is the parent or guardian of a child who resides with the 1 7 parent or guardian owner and who is a person with a 1 8 disability, as defined in section 321L.1, may, upon written 1 9 application to the department, order special registration 1 10 plates with a persons with disabilities processed emblem 1 11 designed by the department bearing the international symbol of 1 12 accessibility. The special registration plates with a persons 1 13 with disabilities processed emblem shall only be issued if the 1 14 application is accompanied with a statement from a physician 1 15 licensed under chapter 148, 149, 150, or 150A, a physician 1 16 assistant licensed under chapter 148C, an advanced registered 1 17 nurse practitioner licensed under chapter 152, or a 1 18 chiropractor licensed under chapter 151, written on the 1 19 physician's, physician assistant's, nurse practitioner's, or 1 20 chiropractor's stationery, stating the nature of the 1 21 applicant's or the applicant's child's disability and such 1 22 additional information as required by rules adopted by the 1 23 department, including proof of residency of a child who is a 1 24 person with a disability. If the application is approved by 1 25 the department the special registration plates with a persons 1 26 with disabilities processed emblem shall be issued to the 1 27 applicant. There shall be no fee in addition to the regular 1 28 annual registration fee for the special registration plates 1 29 with a persons with disabilities processed emblem. The 1 30 authorization for special registration plates with a persons 1 31 with disabilities processed emblem shall not be renewed 1 32 without the applicant furnishing evidence to the department 1 33 that the owner of themotorvehicle or the owner's child is 1 34 still a person with a disability as defined in section 321L.1. 1 35 An owner who has a child who is a person with a disability 2 1 shall provide satisfactory evidence to the department that the 2 2 child with a disability continues to reside with the owner. 2 3 The registration plates with a persons with disabilities 2 4 processed emblem shall be surrendered in exchange for regular 2 5 registration plates as provided in subsection 12 when the 2 6 owner of themotorvehicle or the owner's child no longer 2 7 qualifies as a person with a disability as defined in section 2 8 321L.1 or when the owner's child who is a person with a 2 9 disability no longer resides with the owner. 2 10 Sec. 2. Section 321L.2, subsection 1, paragraph a, 2 11 subparagraph (1), Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 2 12 (1) Persons with disabilities registration plates. An 2 13 applicant may order persons with disabilities registration 2 14 plates pursuant to section 321.34. An applicant may order a 2 15 persons with disabilities registration plate for a trailer 2 16 used to transport a wheelchair pursuant to section 321.34 in 2 17 addition to persons with disabilities registration plates 2 18 ordered by the applicant for a motor vehicle used to tow such 2 19 a trailer pursuant to section 321.34. 2 20 Sec. 3. Section 321L.2, subsection 3, paragraph b, 2 21 subparagraph (1), Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 2 22 (1) A statement printed on it as follows: "Unauthorized 2 23 use of this placard as indicated in Iowa Code chapter 321L may 2 24 result in a fine, invalidation of the placard, or revocation 2 25 of the right to use the placard. This placard shall be 2 26 displayed only when the vehicle is parked in a persons with 2 27 disabilities parking space or in a parking space not 2 28 designated as a persons with disabilities parking space if a 2 29 wheelchair parking cone is used pursuant to Iowa Code section 2 30 321L.2A." 2 31 Sec. 4. Section 321L.2A, Code 1999, is amended to read as 2 32 follows: 2 33 321L.2A WHEELCHAIR PARKING CONE. 2 34 1. A person issued a persons with disabilities parking 2 35 permit under section 321L.2 who uses a wheelchair due to a 3 1 disability that renders the person permanently unable to walk, 3 2 may park in a persons with disabilities parking space, or a 3 3 parking space not designated as a persons with disabilities 3 4 parking space, and reserve up to an eight foot space adjacent 3 5 to the motor vehicle for the purpose of exiting and entering 3 6 the motor vehicle if all of the following conditions are met: 3 7 a. The person places a wheelchair parking cone within 3 8 eight feet of the motor vehicle's entry. 3 9 b. The person displays the persons with disabilities 3 10 parking permit in the motor vehicle as described in section 3 11 321L.4. 3 12 c. The motor vehicle and the wheelchair parking cone do 3 13 not obstruct an aisle, street, or roadway so that other 3 14 vehicles are unable to pass through the aisle, street, or 3 15 roadway. 3 16 d. The parking space is provided by the state, a political 3 17 subdivision of the state, or an entity providing 3 18 nonresidential parking. 3 19 e. The person carries in the motor vehicle a copy of the 3 20 statement from a physician, physician's assistant, advanced 3 21 registered nurse practitioner, or chiropractor which 3 22 accompanied the person's application for persons with 3 23 disabilities registration plates under section 321.34 or other 3 24 persons with disabilities parking permit under section 321L.2 3 25 and which indicates the person is permanently unable to walk. 3 26 The person shall show the copy of the statement to any peace 3 27 officer upon request. 3 28 2. A person issued a persons with disabilities parking 3 29 permit who does not comply with the requirements of subsection 3 30 1 when using a wheelchair parking cone commits a misdemeanor 3 31 punishable by a scheduled fine under section 805.8, subsection 3 32 2, paragraph "a". 3 33 3. A person shall not interfere with a wheelchair parking 3 34 cone properly placed under subsection 1. A violation of this 3 35 subsection is a misdemeanor punishable by a scheduled fine 4 1 under section 805.8, subsection 2, paragraph "a". 4 2 4. The department, upon the request of a person issued a 4 3 persons with disabilities parking permit under section 321L.2 4 4 who uses a wheelchair, shall provide the person with a list of 4 5 names and addresses of vendors who sell wheelchair parking 4 6 cones bearing the international symbol of accessibility and 4 7 the words "wheelchair parking space". 4 8 5. The department shall adopt rules as necessary to 4 9 administer this section. 4 10 Sec. 5. Section 321L.4, subsections 1 and 2, Code 1999, 4 11 are amended to read as follows: 4 12 1. A persons with disabilities parking permit shall be 4 13 displayed in a motor vehicle as a removable windshield placard 4 14 or on amotorvehicle as a plate or sticker as provided in 4 15 section 321L.2 when being used by a person with a disability, 4 16 either as an operator or passenger. Each removable windshield 4 17 placard shall be of uniform design and fabricated of durable 4 18 material, suitable for display from within the passenger 4 19 compartment of a motor vehicle, and readily transferable from 4 20 one vehicle to another. The placard shall only be displayed 4 21 when the motor vehicle is parked in a persons with 4 22 disabilities parking space, except as provided in section 4 23 321L.2A. 4 24 2. The use of a persons with disabilities parking space, 4 25 located on either public or private property as provided in 4 26 sections 321L.5 and 321L.6, by an operator of amotorvehicle 4 27 not displaying a persons with disabilities parking permit; by 4 28 an operator of amotorvehicle displaying a persons with 4 29 disabilities parking permit but not being used by a person 4 30 issued a permit or being transported in accordance with 4 31 section 321L.2, subsection 1, paragraph "b"; or by amotor4 32 vehicle in violation of the rules adopted by the department 4 33 under section 321L.8, constitutes improper use of a persons 4 34 with disabilities parking permit, which is a misdemeanor for 4 35 which a scheduled fine shall be imposed upon the owner, 5 1 operator, or lessee of themotorvehicle or the person to whom 5 2 the persons with disabilities parking permit is issued. The 5 3 scheduled fine for each violation shall be as established in 5 4 section 805.8, subsection 2, paragraph "a". Proof of 5 5 conviction of two or more violations involving improper use of 5 6 a persons with disabilities parking permit is grounds for 5 7 revocation by the court or the department of the holder's 5 8 privilege to possess or use the persons with disabilities 5 9 parking permit. 5 10 Sec. 6. Section 805.8, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 5 11 Supplement 1999, is amended to read as follows: 5 12 a. For parking violations under sections 321.236, 321.239, 5 13 321.358, 321.360, and 321.361, the scheduled fine is five 5 14 dollars. The scheduled fine for a parking violation of 5 15 section 321.236 increases in an amount up to ten dollars, as 5 16 authorized by ordinance pursuant to section 321.236, 5 17 subsection 1, paragraph "a", if the parking violation is not 5 18 paid within thirty days of the date upon which the violation 5 19 occurred. For purposes of calculating the unsecured 5 20 appearance bond required under section 805.6, the scheduled 5 21 fine shall be five dollars. However, violations charged by a 5 22 city or county upon simple notice of a fine instead of a 5 23 uniform citation and complaint as permitted by section 5 24 321.236, subsection 1, paragraph "a", are not scheduled 5 25 violations, and this section shall not apply to any offense 5 26 charged in that manner. For a parking violation under section 5 27 321.362 or 461A.38 the scheduled fine is ten dollars. For a 5 28 parking violation under section 321L.2A, subsection 2, the 5 29 scheduled fine is twenty dollars. For interference with a 5 30 wheelchair parking cone under section 321L.2A, subsection 3, 5 31 or a parking violation under section 321L.4, subsection 2, the 5 32 scheduled fine is one hundred dollars. 5 33 Sec. 7. VALIDITY OF EXISTING PLACARDS. Notwithstanding 5 34 the amendment to section 321L.2, subsection 3, paragraph "b", 5 35 subparagraph (1), by this Act, a person with disabilities 6 1 windshield placard issued prior to July 1, 2000, may be used 6 2 until it otherwise becomes invalid. 6 3 HF 620 6 4 nh/jg/25
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