Senate Bill sb1178

    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1178

    By Senator Wasserman Schultz





    32-668-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to temporary parking permits

  3         for disabled persons;  amending s. 320.0848,

  4         F.S.; reducing the term of such permits;

  5         providing an 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 (1) and

10  paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 320.0848, Florida

11  Statutes, are amended to read:

12         320.0848  Persons who have disabilities; issuance of

13  disabled parking permits; temporary permits; permits for

14  certain providers of transportation services to persons who

15  have disabilities.--

16         (1)(a)  The Department of Highway Safety and Motor

17  Vehicles or its authorized agents shall, upon application and

18  receipt of the fee, issue a disabled parking permit for a

19  period of up to 4 years, which period ends on the applicant's

20  birthday, to any person who has long-term mobility impairment,

21  or a temporary disabled parking permit not to exceed 6 months

22  1 year to any person who has a temporary mobility impairment.

23         (3)  DISABLED PARKING PERMIT; TEMPORARY.--

24         (b)  The department shall issue the temporary disabled

25  parking permit for the period of the disability as stated by

26  the certifying physician, but not to exceed 6 months 1 year.

27         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1. 2002.

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30                          SENATE SUMMARY

31    Reduces the term of a temporary parking permit for a
      disabled person from 1 year to 6 months.
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CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions.