Bill Text: IN HB1248 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Parking placards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code [HB1248 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2010-HB1248-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE BILL No. 1248

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 9-14-5.

Synopsis: Parking placards. Requires that a parking placard issued by the bureau of motor vehicles to a person with a physical disability must contain the final four digits of the person's driver's license or unique identification number. Makes it a Class C misdemeanor for a person, other than the person to whom a parking placard is issued, to use the parking placard to park in a parking space for persons with physical disabilities.

Effective: July 1, 2010.

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    January 12, 2010, read first time and referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code.

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Introduced

Second Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2010)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1248

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 9-14-5-3; (10)IN1248.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 9-14-5-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 3. The placard required under section 1 of this chapter must contain the following:
        (1) The words "Parking Permit for Persons with Physical Disabilities".
        (2) An expiration date.
         (3) The final four (4) digits of the driver's license or unique identification number assigned by the bureau to the individual to whom the placard is issued.

SOURCE: IC 9-14-5-9; (10)IN1248.1.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 9-14-5-9 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2010]: Sec. 9. (a) A person who knowingly and falsely represents the person as having the qualifications to obtain a placard issued under this chapter commits a Class C misdemeanor.
     (b) A person:
        (1) who uses a placard issued under this chapter to park in a parking space reserved for persons with physical disabilities; and

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        (2) whose driver's license or unique identification number does not match the digits printed on the placard under section 3(3) of this chapter;
commits a Class C misdemeanor.