HB 696 Summary

• Clarifies that parking fee exemptions apply only to drivers unable to reach or operate parking meters or unattended pay stations due to physical disability, and who display a disabled paid parking exemption permit.

• Creates three new permit types and authorizes law enforcement to confiscate disability parking permits that are fraudulently manufactured, altered, invalid, or used without authorization.

• Makes selling or purchasing disability parking permits from unauthorized sources a misdemeanor offense.

• Restructures and clarifies qualifying disabilities to require specific medical diagnoses (arthritic, neurological, orthopedic, renal, vascular, oncological conditions; lung disease; or cardiac conditions) verified by licensed physicians or advanced practice registered nurses.

• Effective July 1, 2050.