H.F. 521 Section 1. Section 321L.6, subsection 1, Code 2023, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. a. The persons with disabilities parking sign shall 3 have a blue background and bear the international symbol of 4 accessibility in white. 5 b. For an off-street public parking facility containing two 6 or more persons with disabilities parking spaces, the entity 7 that owns or leases the property shall display the words “Van 8 Accessible Priority Parking” on van-accessible persons with 9 disabilities parking signs. 10 c. If an entity who that owns or leases real property in a 11 city is required to provide persons with disabilities parking 12 spaces, the city shall provide, upon request, the signs for 13 the entity at cost. If an entity who that owns or leases real 14 property outside the corporate limits of a city is required to 15 provide persons with disabilities parking spaces, the county 16 in which the property is located shall provide the signs for 17 the entity at cost upon request. 18 EXPLANATION 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 20 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 21 Under current law, persons with disabilities parking signs 22 must have a blue background and bear the international symbol 23 of accessibility in white. For an off-street public parking 24 facility containing two or more persons with disabilities 25 parking spaces, this bill requires the entity that owns or 26 leases the property to display the words “Van Accessible 27 Priority Parking” on the van-accessible persons with 28 disabilities parking signs. 29 Pursuant to the federal Americans with Disabilities Act 30 (ADA), van-accessible spaces are required to have two signs, 31 mounted at least 60 inches above the ground with the first sign 32 displaying the international symbol of accessibility and the 33 second sign stating that the space is van accessible. The ADA 34 requirements are not affected by the bill. 35 -1- LSB 2052YH (8) 90 th/ns 1/ 1