House File 2489 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  VAN FOSSEN


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act to allow disabled persons to park in metered parking
  2    spaces free of charge.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6288YH 82
  5 md/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.236, subsection 1, unnumbered
  1  2 paragraph 1, Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read as
  1  3 follows:
  1  4    Regulating the standing or parking of vehicles, except as
  1  5 provided in section 321L.4, subsection 2A.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  Section 321L.4, subsection 1, Code 2007, is
  1  7 amended to read as follows:
  1  8    1.  A persons with disabilities parking permit shall be
  1  9 displayed in a motor vehicle as a removable windshield placard
  1 10 or on a vehicle as a plate or sticker as provided in section
  1 11 321L.2 when being used by a person with a disability, either
  1 12 as an operator or passenger.  Each removable windshield
  1 13 placard shall be of uniform design and fabricated of durable
  1 14 material, suitable for display from within the passenger
  1 15 compartment of a motor vehicle, and readily transferable from
  1 16 one vehicle to another.  The placard shall only be displayed
  1 17 when the motor vehicle is parked in a persons with
  1 18 disabilities parking space or a parking space controlled by a
  1 19 parking meter, except as provided in section 321L.2A.
  1 20    Sec. 3.  Section 321L.4, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1 21 the following new subsection:
  1 22    NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  A person properly displaying a
  1 23 persons with disabilities parking permit may park in a metered
  1 24 parking space controlled by a local authority free of charge.
  1 25                           EXPLANATION
  1 26    This bill allows a disabled person who is displaying a
  1 27 persons with disabilities parking permit to park in a metered
  1 28 parking space free of charge.  The bill also allows the
  1 29 display of a persons with disabilities removable windshield
  1 30 placard while the motor vehicle is parked in a metered parking
  1 31 space.
  1 32 LSB 6288YH 82
  1 33 md/nh/8