| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to disabled parking permits; amending |
| 3 | s. 320.0848, F.S.; requiring a disabled parking permit |
| 4 | placard to display the person's image; providing an |
| 5 | effective date. |
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| 7 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 9 | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and paragraph |
| 10 | (a) of subsection (3) of section 320.0848, Florida Statutes, are |
| 11 | amended to read: |
| 12 | 320.0848 Persons who have disabilities; issuance of |
| 13 | disabled parking permits; temporary permits; permits for certain |
| 14 | providers of transportation services to persons who have |
| 15 | disabilities.- |
| 16 | (2) DISABLED PARKING PERMIT; PERSONS WITH LONG-TERM |
| 17 | MOBILITY PROBLEMS.- |
| 18 | (a) The disabled parking permit is a placard that can be |
| 19 | placed in a motor vehicle so as to be visible from the front and |
| 20 | rear of the vehicle. Each side of the placard must have the |
| 21 | international symbol of accessibility in a contrasting color in |
| 22 | the center so as to be visible. One side of the placard must |
| 23 | display a color photograph or digital image of the applicant and |
| 24 | the applicant's driver driver's license number or state |
| 25 | identification card number along with a warning that the |
| 26 | applicant must have such identification at all times while using |
| 27 | the parking permit. In those cases where the severity of the |
| 28 | disability prevents a disabled person from physically visiting |
| 29 | or being transported to a driver license or tax collector office |
| 30 | to obtain a driver driver's license or identification card, a |
| 31 | certifying physician may sign the exemption section of the |
| 32 | department's parking permit application to exempt the disabled |
| 33 | person from being issued a driver driver's license or |
| 34 | identification card for the number to be displayed on the |
| 35 | parking permit. A validation sticker must also be issued with |
| 36 | each disabled parking permit, showing the month and year of |
| 37 | expiration on each side of the placard. Validation stickers must |
| 38 | be of the size specified by the Department of Highway Safety and |
| 39 | Motor Vehicles and must be affixed to the disabled parking |
| 40 | permits. The disabled parking permits must use the same colors |
| 41 | as license plate validations. |
| 42 | (3) DISABLED PARKING PERMIT; TEMPORARY.- |
| 43 | (a) The temporary disabled parking permit is a placard of |
| 44 | a different color from the color of the long-term disabled |
| 45 | parking permit placard, and must clearly display the date of |
| 46 | expiration in large print and with color coding, but is |
| 47 | identical to the long-term disabled parking permit placard in |
| 48 | all other respects, including, but not limited to, the inclusion |
| 49 | of a color photograph or digital image of the applicant and a |
| 50 | state identification card number or driver driver's license |
| 51 | number on one side of the temporary permit. The temporary |
| 52 | disabled parking permit placard must be designed to |
| 53 | conspicuously display the expiration date of the permit on the |
| 54 | front and back of the placard. |
| 55 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012. |