HB 72 - Handicapped parking; permits issued to institutions

First Reader Summary

A BILL to amend Part 2 of Article 10 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to parking for persons with disabilities, so as to change the conditions under which a parking permit may be issued to an institution transporting one or more persons with disabilities; and for other purposes.

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HB 72                                              LC 14 6781 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Part 2 of Article 10 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of 
  1- 2  the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to parking 
  1- 3  for persons with disabilities, so as to change the 
  1- 4  conditions under which a parking permit may be issued to an 
  1- 5  institution transporting one or more persons with 
  1- 6  disabilities; to provide for other related matters; to 
  1- 7  provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and 
  1- 8  for other purposes. 
 
  1- 9       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1-10                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-11  Part 2 of Article 10 of Chapter 6 of Title 40 of the 
  1-12  Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to parking for 
  1-13  persons with disabilities, is amended by striking 
  1-14  subsections (a) and (c) of Code Section 40-6-222, relating 
  1-15  to handicapped parking permits, and inserting in their 
  1-16  respective places new subsections (a) and (c) of said Code 
  1-17  section to read as follows: 
 
  1-18    "(a) The Department of Public Safety shall issue parking 
  1-19    permits for persons with disabilities at every place where 
  1-20    it issues drivers' licenses.  The department shall also 
  1-21    receive applications for from and issue parking permits 
  1-22    for persons with disabilities by mail and may by 
  1-23    regulation require such proof of disability or incapacity 
  1-24    as may be necessary to issue such permits by mail. Permits 
  1-25    shall be in such form as the department prescribes but 
  1-26    shall be of sufficient size and sufficiently distinctively 
  1-27    marked to be easily visible when placed on or affixed to 
  1-28    the dashboard or hung from the rearview mirror of the 
  1-29    parked vehicle.  Permits shall be issued to individuals, 
  1-30    and the name of the individual shall appear on the permit. 
  1-31    The individual to whom a permit is issued may use the 
  1-32    permit for any vehicle he or she is operating or in which 
  1-33    he or she is a passenger.  Permits shall also be issued to 
  1-34    institutions when: (1) the primary purpose of a vehicle 
  1-35    operated by the institution is to transport individuals 
 
 
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  2- 1    persons with disabilities; or (2) the institution is a 
  2- 2    governmentally owned or operated senior citizens center 
  2- 3    which on a regular basis operates a vehicle transporting 
  2- 4    one or more persons with disabilities.  The name of the 
  2- 5    institution and the license number of the particular 
  2- 6    vehicle shall appear on the permit.  The institution may 
  2- 7    use such permit only for a vehicle which is operated by 
  2- 8    the institution and which is used primarily to transport 
  2- 9    individuals with disabilities." 
 
  2-10    "(c) The department shall issue a permanent permit to any 
  2-11    person who is obviously permanently disabled and to any 
  2-12    other permanently disabled person upon presentation of a 
  2-13    licensed medical doctor's affidavit stating that such 
  2-14    person is a permanently disabled person.  The department 
  2-15    shall also issue a permanent permit to an institution 
  2-16    which operates vehicles used primarily for the 
  2-17    transportation of individuals with disabilities meets the 
  2-18    criteria specified in subsection (a) of this Code section, 
  2-19    upon presentation of a certification from the institution 
  2-20    regarding use of its vehicles.  The institution shall 
  2-21    receive permits only for the number of vehicles so used 
  2-22    and shall affix the permits to the dashboards of such 
  2-23    vehicles.  The permanent permit shall be predominantly 
  2-24    blue in color and shall show prominently on its face an 
  2-25    expiration date four years from the date it is issued." 
 
  2-26                           SECTION 2. 
 
  2-27  This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the 
  2-28  Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval. 
 
  2-29                           SECTION 3. 
 
  2-30  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2-31  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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