PRINTER'S NO. 3793
No. 2658 Session of 2000
INTRODUCED BY STETLER, JULY 5, 2000
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, JULY 5, 2000
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further regulating handicapped parking spaces.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 3354(d)(3)(i) of Title 75 of the
6 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 3354. Additional parking regulations.
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9 (d) Handicapped persons and disabled veterans.--
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11 (3) (i) Except for persons parking vehicles lawfully
12 bearing a handicapped or severely disabled veteran
13 registration plate or displaying a handicapped or
14 severely disabled veteran parking placard when such
15 vehicles are being operated by or for the transportation
16 of a handicapped person or a severely disabled veteran,
17 no person shall park a vehicle on public or private
1 property reserved for a handicapped person or severely
2 disabled veteran which property has been so posted in
3 accordance with departmental regulations which shall
4 require a sign [stating the penalty amount indicated in
5 subsection (f), a sign indicating that vehicles in
6 violation of the subsection may be towed] clearly
7 indicating that the public or private property is
8 reserved for a handicapped person or severely disabled
9 veteran and require that signs be replaced when they
10 become either obsolete or missing with all costs to
11 replace the necessary signs to be borne by the persons
12 responsible for signing the particular location. Any
13 vehicle which is unlawfully parked in a designated
14 handicapped parking area may be removed from that area by
15 towing and may be reclaimed by the vehicle owner upon
16 payment of the towing costs.
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18 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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