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AL HB449
Bill
Status
4/5/2011
Primary Sponsor
Thad McClammy
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AI Summary
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Requires handicapped parking placard applicants to have a disability that impedes mobility, not just any disability, supported by physician certification.
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Prohibits parking vehicles in ways that restrict access to public transportation bus stops, shelters, or the access aisles of handicapped parking spaces.
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Establishes penalties of minimum $50 for first offense, $200 for second offense, and $500 for third or subsequent offenses, with mandatory 40 hours community service for second and subsequent offenses.
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Authorizes municipalities to deputize trained persons to issue parking tickets for handicapped parking violations, with training standards determined by the municipality.
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Permits yellow bollards to be placed in access aisles next to handicapped parking spaces, spaced to allow wheelchair user access around the bollard.
Legislative Description
Motor vehicles, handicapped parking placards and parking space signs, disability further defined, restricting access to public transportation prohibited, use of bollards authorized, municipality authorized to deputize persons for issuing tickets, Secs. 32-6-231, 32-6-233.1 am'd.
Motor Vehicles
Last Action
Indefinitely Postponed
6/1/2011