PRINTER'S NO. 2482
No. 1972 Session of 1979
INTRODUCED BY ZWIKL, GLADECK, M. H. GEORGE, RITTER, SCHWEDER,
KOWALYSHYN AND KANUCK, NOVEMBER 14, 1979
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 14, 1979
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statues, providing for the issuance of special certificate of
3 identification for the use of handicapped persons.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 3354 of Title 75, act
7 of November 25, 1970 (P.L.707, No.230), known as the
8 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, is amended by adding a
9 paragraph to read:
10 § 3354. Additional parking regulations.
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12 (d) Handicapped persons and disabled veterans.--
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14 (3) A handicapped person shall be entitled to receive,
15 and the department may issue, under the rules and upon the
16 application as it shall prescribe, a serially numbered
17 transferable certificate of identification for the personal
18 use of the handicapped person. The certificate may be used by
1 a person other than the handicapped person for the sole
2 purpose of providing transportation to the handicapped
3 person. A handicapped person holding a certificate of
4 identification shall be entitled to courtesy in the parking
5 of the vehicle which shall relieve him from liability for a
6 violation with respect to parking, other than in a fire lane.
7 A certificate issued as provided in this section shall be
8 displayed on the lower left corner of the front windshield of
9 the vehicle while being parked by or under the direction of a
10 handicapped person pursuant to this section. Upon conviction
11 of an offense involving a violation of the special privileges
12 hereby conferred upon holders of the special certificates, a
13 magistrate or judge trying the case shall be authorized, as a
14 part of any penalty imposed, to confiscate the serially
15 numbered certificate herein provided and to return it to the
16 department together with a certified copy of the sentence
17 imposed.
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19 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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