PRINTER'S NO. 474
No. 420 Session of 1985
INTRODUCED BY GREENWOOD, HERSHEY, CLYMER, REINARD, ARTY, CIVERA,
AFFLERBACH, FLICK, FARGO, LEVIN, BOWSER, KUKOVICH, SIRIANNI,
NAHILL, NOYE, ANGSTADT, PRESTON, GANNON, VROON, WILSON,
RYBAK, REBER, HALUSKA, BOOK, POTT, SEMMEL, HOWLETT, MAIALE,
PERZEL, BROUJOS AND HAGARTY, FEBRUARY 26, 1985
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 26, 1985
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further regulating handicapped plates and placards.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Section 1338 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
6 Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
7 § 1338. Handicapped plate and placard.
8 (a) Handicapped plate.--On the application verified by a
9 licensed physician or rehabilitation therapist of any person
10 who:
11 (1) does not have full use of a leg or both legs [or an
12 arm or both arms;], as evidenced by the use of a wheelchair,
13 walker, crutches, quadripod cane, artificial leg or legs,
14 braces or other such device; or
15 (2) [is blind;
16 (3) is in loco parentis of a person specified in
1 paragraph (1) or (2); or
2 (4)] is physically limited by a cardiopulmonary
3 condition, such as severe emphysema or chronic bronchitis,
4 restricting substantially his movements;
5 the department shall issue a special registration plate for one
6 passenger car or other vehicle with a registered gross weight of
7 not more than 9,000 pounds, designating the vehicle so licensed
8 as being used by a handicapped person. Special plates for
9 handicapped persons may also be issued for vehicles operated
10 exclusively for the use and benefit of handicapped persons.
11 (b) Handicapped parking placard.--On the application of any
12 person who meets the qualifications of subsection (a), or is
13 blind, or is a parent or a person in loco parentis of a person
14 specified in subsection (a) or a blind person, and whose
15 application has been verified by a licensed physician or
16 rehabilitation therapist, the department shall issue one special
17 parking placard of such size and design as the department shall
18 specify, designating the vehicle in which it is displayed as
19 being used for the transportation of a handicapped person. Such
20 placard shall be prominently displayed on the right front dash
21 of the vehicle when it is in use for the transportation of such
22 person. Placards may also be issued for use in vehicles operated
23 exclusively for the use and benefit of handicapped persons.
24 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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