THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY SIPTROTH, BROWN, BEYER, BRENNAN, BROOKS, CALTAGIRONE, CARROLL, CRUZ, FAIRCHILD, GRUCELA, KOTIK, KULA, LONGIETTI, MOUL, M. O'BRIEN, PAYTON, READSHAW, REICHLEY, SCAVELLO, SOLOBAY, STABACK, THOMAS, VULAKOVICH AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 6, 2009

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 6, 2009  

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, further providing for person with disability

parking placard and for severely disabled veteran placard.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Sections 1338(b) and 1342(b) of Title 75 of the

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes are amended to read:

§ 1338.  Person with disability plate and placard.

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(b)  Person with disability parking placard.--On the initial

application or renewal application of any person who meets the

qualifications of subsection (a), the department shall issue

[one] a special parking placard for each vehicle registered in

the applicant's name of such size and design as the department

shall specify, designating the vehicle in which it is displayed

as being used for the transportation of persons with

disabilities. When parking the designated vehicle, the person

with disability parking placard shall be prominently displayed

in such a manner that it may be viewed from the front and rear

of the vehicle by hanging it from the front windshield rearview

mirror of a vehicle only when that vehicle is utilizing a

parking space reserved for persons with disabilities. When there

is no rearview mirror, or the placard is not designed in such a

manner to accommodate hanging from a rearview mirror, the

placard shall be displayed on the dashboard. Placards may also

be issued for use in vehicles when operated for the use and

benefit of persons with disabilities provided that a person with

a disability is being transported in the vehicle. Organizations

that transport persons with disabilities shall upon application

be issued not more than eight placards in the organization's

name. These placards may be used in a vehicle of the

organization or the personal vehicle of an employee or volunteer

of the organization when the employee or volunteer operates the

vehicle for the benefit and use of persons with disabilities

provided that a person with a disability is being transported in

the vehicle.

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§ 1342.  Veteran plates and placard.

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(b)  Severely disabled veteran placard.--On the application

of any person who meets the qualifications of subsection (a),

the department shall issue [one] a special parking placard for

each vehicle registered in the applicant's name of such size and

design as the department shall specify, designating the vehicle

in which it is displayed as being used for the transportation of

a severely disabled veteran. When parking the designated

vehicle, the severely disabled veteran parking placard shall be

prominently displayed so that it may be viewed from the front

and rear of the vehicle by hanging it from the front windshield

rearview mirror of a vehicle only when that vehicle is utilizing

a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities. When

there is no rearview mirror, or the placard is not designed in

such a manner to accommodate hanging from a rearview mirror, the

placard shall be prominently displayed on the dashboard of the

vehicle when it is in use for the transportation of such

severely disabled veteran. Placards may also be issued for use

in vehicles when operated for the use and benefit of severely

disabled veterans provided that a severely disabled veteran is

being transported in the vehicle.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.