Bill Text: IA HF588 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the issuance of persons with disabilities removable windshield parking placards, and including effective date and applicability provisions. Effective 1-1-17.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-04-06 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 606. [HF588 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF588-Enrolled.html

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House File 588 - Enrolled




                              HOUSE FILE       
                              BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL
                                  GOVERNMENT

                              (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 205)
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                                   A BILL FOR
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                                         House File 588

                             AN ACT
 RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES REMOVABLE
    WINDSHIELD PARKING PLACARDS, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE
    AND APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS.

 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    Section 1.  Section 321L.2, subsection 1, paragraph a,
 subparagraph (3), Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
    (3)  Removable windshield placard.
    (a)  A person with a disability may apply for a temporary
 removable windshield placard which shall be valid for a
 period of up to six months or a nonexpiring standard removable
 windshield placard valid for a period of five years, as
 determined by the physician's, physician assistant's, nurse
 practitioner's, or chiropractor's statement under this
 subsection.
    (i)  A temporary removable windshield placard shall be
 renewed within thirty days of the date of expiration. Persons
 seeking temporary removable windshield placards shall be
 required to furnish evidence upon initial application that
 they have a temporary disability and, in addition, furnish
 evidence at subsequent intervals that they remain temporarily
 disabled. Temporary removable windshield placards shall be
 of a distinctively different color from nonexpiring standard
  removable windshield placards.
    (ii)  A nonexpiring standard removable windshield placard
 shall state on the face of the placard that it is a nonexpiring
 placard expire on the last day of the month five years from
 the date of issuance.  A person with a disability may renew a
 standard removable windshield placard within thirty days before
 or after the date of expiration by submitting a statement from
 a physician, physician's assistant, nurse practitioner, or
 chiropractor, as provided in this subsection, to the department
 that the person has a continuing need for the placard.
    (b)  The department shall issue one additional removable
 windshield placard upon the request of a person with a
 disability.
    Sec. 2.  Section 321L.2, subsection 4, Code 2016, is amended
 to read as follows:
    4.  A removable windshield placard shall only be displayed
 when the vehicle is parked in a persons with disabilities
 parking space.  The removable windshield placard shall be
 displayed in a manner that allows the entire placard to be
 visible through the vehicle's windshield.
    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICABILITY.  This Act
 takes effect January 1, 2017, and applies to persons with
 disabilities placards issued on or after that date. This
 Act does not affect the validity of nonexpiring persons with
 disabilities placards issued prior to January 1, 2017.


                                                             
                               LINDA UPMEYER
                               Speaker of the House


                                                             
                               PAM JOCHUM
                               President of the Senate
    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
 is known as House File 588, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.


                                                             
                               CARMINE BOAL
                               Chief Clerk of the House
 Approved                , 2016


                                                             
                               TERRY E. BRANSTAD
                               Governor

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