THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

INTRODUCED BY COX, BOYD, BRENNAN, COHEN, DAY, GOODMAN, HARHART, KNOWLES, MURT, MYERS, RAPP, SAMUELSON, K. SMITH, VULAKOVICH AND YOUNGBLOOD, FEBRUARY 8, 2011

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 8, 2011  

AN ACT

Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated

Statutes, in registration of vehicles, further providing for

person with disability plate and placard.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 1338(b) of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania

Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 1338.  Person with disability plate and placard.

* * *

(b)  Person with disability parking placard.--

(1)  A physician, podiatrist, chiropractor, physician

assistant or certified registered nurse practitioner licensed

or certified to practice in this Commonwealth or in a

contiguous state who has determined that a person with a

disability is disabled as provided in subsection (a) may

issue a temporary special parking placard to the person. The

temporary special parking placard shall be on a form approved

by the department and shall be valid for a period of not more

than 90 days.

(2)  On the initial application or renewal application of

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

the department shall issue one special parking placard 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.

(3)  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.

(4)  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.

* * *

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