PRINTER'S NO. 2134

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE BILL

No. 1681 Session of 1983


        INTRODUCED BY RYBAK, KOWALYSHYN, FREEMAN, ZWIKL, AFFLERBACH,
           McHALE, GRUPPO, SEMMEL, D. W. SNYDER, CIMINI, TRELLO,
           KUKOVICH, BOOK, VROON, BATTISTO, E. Z. TAYLOR, MILLER,
           MAIALE, HALUSKA, COY, MAYERNIK, COLAFELLA, McINTYRE,
           STEIGHNER, DeLUCA, TELEK, PETRONE, FISCHER, PRATT, MRKONIC,
           WAMBACH, FATTAH, KOSINSKI, CARN, EVANS, WESTON, SALVATORE AND
           JAROLIN, NOVEMBER 15, 1983

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, NOVEMBER 15, 1983

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
     2     Statutes, further providing for parking for handicapped
     3     persons.

     4     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     5  hereby enacts as follows:
     6     Section 1.  Section 3354(d)(1) of Title 75 of the
     7  Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:
     8  § 3354.  Additional parking regulations.
     9     * * *
    10     (d)  Handicapped persons and disabled veterans.--
    11         (1)  When a motor vehicle bearing registration plates or
    12     displaying a placard issued to handicapped persons or
    13     disabled veterans as prescribed in this title is being
    14     operated by or for the transportation of the handicapped
    15     person or disabled veteran, the driver shall be relieved of
    16     any liability for parking for a period of 60 minutes in

     1     excess of the legal parking period permitted by local
     2     authorities except where local ordinances or police
     3     regulations provide for the accommodation of heavy traffic
     4     during morning, afternoon or evening hours.
     5         * * *
     6     Section 2.  This act shall take effect immediately.
















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