PRINTER'S NO. 3784
No. 2606 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY NICKOL, ALLEN, BELFANTI, CALTAGIRONE, DALEY,
DeWEESE, FRANKEL, GORDNER, HESS, MACKERETH, MAJOR, MANDERINO,
McCALL, R. MILLER, RUBLEY, SHANER, STEELMAN, STEIL, STERN,
STETLER, SURRA, E. Z. TAYLOR, VANCE, WILT AND M. WRIGHT,
APRIL 30, 2002
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, APRIL 30, 2002
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for parking regulations relating
3 to persons with disabilities and disabled veterans.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3354(d) and (e) of Title 75 of the
7 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:
8 § 3354. Additional parking regulations.
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10 (d) [Handicapped persons] Person with a disability and
11 disabled veterans.--
12 (1) When a motor vehicle bearing a [handicapped] person
13 with a disability or severely disabled veteran plate or
14 displaying a [handicapped] person with a disability or
15 severely disabled veteran parking placard as prescribed in
16 this title is being operated by or for the transportation of
17 the [handicapped] person with a disability or severely
1 disabled veteran, the driver shall be relieved of any
2 liability for parking for a period of 60 minutes in excess of
3 the legal parking period permitted by local authorities
4 except where local ordinances or police regulations provide
5 for the accommodation of heavy traffic during morning,
6 afternoon or evening hours.
7 (2) At the request of [any handicapped person] a person
8 with a disability or severely disabled veteran, local
9 authorities may erect on the highway as close as possible to
10 [their] the person's or veteran's place of residence a sign
11 or signs indicating that that place is reserved for [the
12 handicapped person] a person with a disability or severely
13 disabled veteran, that no parking is allowed there by others,
14 and that any unauthorized person parking there shall be
15 subject to a fine[.] and may be towed. The absence of a sign
16 stating the penalty amount indicated in subsection (f) at
17 parking spaces designated with a handicapped parking symbol
18 shall not preclude the enforcement of this subsection.
19 (3) (i) Except for persons parking vehicles lawfully
20 bearing a [handicapped] person with a disability or
21 severely disabled veteran registration plate or
22 displaying a [handicapped] person with a disability or
23 severely disabled veteran parking placard when such
24 vehicles are being operated by or for the transportation
25 of a [handicapped] person with a disability or a severely
26 disabled veteran, no person shall park a vehicle on
27 public or private property reserved for a [handicapped]
28 person with a disability or severely disabled veteran
29 which property has been so posted in accordance with
30 departmental regulations. [which shall require a sign
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1 stating the penalty amount indicated in subsection (f), a
2 sign indicating that vehicles in violation of the
3 subsection may be towed and require that signs be
4 replaced when they become either obsolete or missing with
5 all costs to replace the necessary signs to be borne by
6 the persons responsible for signing the particular
7 location. Any] Regulations shall include requirements for
8 signs stating the penalty amount indicated in subsection
9 (f) and signs stating that vehicles in violation of this
10 subsection may be towed. The absence of such signs at
11 parking spaces designated with a handicapped parking
12 symbol shall not preclude the enforcement of this
13 subsection. A vehicle which is unlawfully parked in a
14 designated [handicapped] person with a disability parking
15 area may be removed from that area by towing and may be
16 reclaimed by the vehicle owner upon payment of the towing
17 costs.
18 (ii) Local authorities shall have the power and may,
19 by ordinance or resolution, authorize [handicapped
20 persons] a person with a disability and severely disabled
21 veterans to issue statements to violators or violating
22 vehicles for violation of subparagraph (i). The form of
23 the statement shall be as prescribed by the local
24 authorities.
25 (e) Unauthorized use.--An operator of a vehicle bearing a
26 [handicapped] person with a disability or severely disabled
27 veteran plate or displaying a [handicapped] person with a
28 disability or severely disabled veteran parking placard shall
29 not make use of the parking privileges accorded to [handicapped
30 persons] a person with a disability and severely disabled
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1 veterans under subsection (d)(3) unless the operator is
2 [handicapped] a person with a disability or a severely disabled
3 veteran or unless the vehicle is being operated for the
4 transportation of a [handicapped] person with a disability or
5 severely disabled veteran.
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7 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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