Florida Senate - 2014 SB 1558
By Senator Abruzzo
25-01227-14 20141558__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to parking permits for persons with
3 mobility impairment; amending s. 320.0848, F.S.;
4 directing the Department of Highway Safety and Motor
5 Vehicles to design and issue a sticker for use as a
6 parking permit in lieu of a placard; providing an
7 effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
12 320.0848, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13 320.0848 Persons who have disabilities; issuance of
14 disabled parking permits; temporary permits; permits for certain
15 providers of transportation services to persons who have
16 disabilities.—
17 (2) DISABLED PARKING PERMIT; PERSONS WITH LONG-TERM
18 MOBILITY PROBLEMS.—
19 (a) The disabled parking permit is a placard that can be
20 placed in a motor vehicle so as to be visible from the front and
21 rear of the vehicle or a sticker that can be affixed to a
22 registration license plate, including special and specialty
23 license plates, issued under this chapter.
24 1. Each side of the placard must have the international
25 symbol of accessibility in a contrasting color in the center so
26 as to be visible. One side of the placard must display the
27 applicant’s driver driver’s license number or state
28 identification card number along with a warning that the
29 applicant must have such identification at all times while using
30 the parking permit. In those cases where the severity of the
31 disability prevents a disabled person from physically visiting
32 or being transported to a driver license or tax collector office
33 to obtain a driver driver’s license or identification card, a
34 certifying physician may sign the exemption section of the
35 department’s parking permit application to exempt the disabled
36 person from being issued a driver driver’s license or
37 identification card for the number to be displayed on the
38 parking permit. A validation sticker must also be issued with
39 each disabled parking permit, showing the month and year of
40 expiration on each side of the placard. Validation stickers must
41 be of the size specified by the Department of Highway Safety and
42 Motor Vehicles and must be affixed to the disabled parking
43 permits. The disabled parking permits must use the same colors
44 as license plate validations.
45 2. The department shall design a sticker displaying the
46 international symbol of accessibility which may be affixed to
47 the upper left corner of a registration license plate issued
48 under this chapter. The sticker may be issued in lieu of the
49 placard under subparagraph 1. to persons with long-term mobility
50 problems and shall be valid for the same parking and other
51 privileges as a placard issued under this section.
52 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.