Bill Text: IL HR0813 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Secretary of State to review the current policies regarding meter parking for those with disabilities and to consider options to make it more affordable and accessible.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-05-09 - Resolution Adopted [HR0813 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0813-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, In an effort to crack down on fraud, the General | ||||||
| 3 | Assembly passed into law regulations restricting which | ||||||
| 4 | citizens with disabilities may park at meters for free; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Some citizens with disabilities that no longer | ||||||
| 6 | qualify for free parking are having difficulty physically using | ||||||
| 7 | the meters; many with disabilities do not move very quickly and | ||||||
| 8 | have a harder time making it back to their vehicles in time to | ||||||
| 9 | move their car or feed the meter; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, There are very few spots reserved specifically for | ||||||
| 11 | disabled drivers in many areas of the State, especially in | ||||||
| 12 | downtown Chicago; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Many citizens with disabilities are on fixed | ||||||
| 14 | incomes and have difficulties being able to pay for parking, | ||||||
| 15 | especially with the expensive parking rates in Chicago; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, The Secretary of State's office currently has a | ||||||
| 17 | program for reduced license plate fees for citizens with | ||||||
| 18 | disabilities and the Regional Transit Authority currently has a | ||||||
| 19 | program that allows passengers with disabilities to ride for | ||||||
| 20 | free; therefore, be it
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| 1 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 2 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 3 | we urge the Secretary of State's office to review the current | ||||||
| 4 | policies regarding meter parking for those with disabilities, | ||||||
| 5 | and we encourage them to work with qualified medical | ||||||
| 6 | professionals, advocates, and citizens with disabilities to | ||||||
| 7 | consider various options to make meter parking more affordable | ||||||
| 8 | and accessible for a greater number of citizens with | ||||||
| 9 | disabilities, including possibly re-instating free parking or | ||||||
| 10 | reduced parking for the disabled; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | presented to Secretary of State Jesse White.
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