HB271: relative to walking disability plates and placards.

CHAPTER 15

HB 271 - FINAL VERSION

2003 SESSION

03-0984

03/09

HOUSE BILL 271

AN ACT relative to walking disability plates and placards.

SPONSORS: Rep. Gleason, Rock 77

COMMITTEE: Transportation

ANALYSIS

This bill changes the validity period for walking disability plates and placards from 4 years to 5 years.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

03-0984

03/09

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Three

AN ACT relative to walking disability plates and placards.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

15:1 Walking Disability Plates and Placards; Submission of Proof. Amend RSA 261:88, III to read as follows:

III. An applicant for such special plates shall furnish the director with satisfactory proof, as the director may require, that the applicant meets the requirements of paragraph II. Such proof must be submitted every [4] 5 years except in the case of a veteran who has been evaluated by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be permanently and totally disabled from service-connected disability. Such proof shall only have to be made upon initial application. Satisfactory proof of a walking disability, at a minimum, shall consist of the certification of a licensed physician that the applicant meets the definition, set forth in paragraph I, of persons with walking disabilities. Upon request and for a fee of $1.50 per plate, the director shall exchange special plates for regular plates currently issued to an applicant who qualifies for special plates.

15:2 Walking Disability Plates and Placards; Expiration. Amend RSA 261:88, V to read as follows:

V. Upon application, the department shall furnish a hanging windshield placard without charge to a person with a walking disability who satisfactorily furnishes proof of such disability to the director. Any nonprofit agency serving a person with a walking disability may apply to the department for a hanging windshield placard. An applicant for such placard shall furnish the director with satisfactory proof, as the director may require, that the applicant will use the placard solely for the transportation of a person with a walking disability. The quantity of placards issued under this paragraph shall be at the discretion of the director. This placard shall meet the standards set forth in 23 C.F.R. Part 1235, Appendix A. The removable windshield placard shall be displayed in such a manner that it may be viewed from the front and rear of the vehicle by hanging it from the front windshield rearview mirror of a vehicle utilizing a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities. When there is no rearview mirror, the placard shall be displayed on the dashboard. A request from any nonprofit agency for a placard shall be approved by the administrator of the nonprofit agency and any other application for such a placard shall be accompanied by the certification of a licensed physician that the applicant meets the definition set forth in paragraph I of persons with walking disabilities. The placard shall expire [4] 5 years from the date of issuance, and the expiration date shall be noted on the placard. The placard shall be renewed, upon application on forms provided by the director, if the director determines that the disability which necessitated the issuance of the placard continues. Upon request of the applicant, the director shall issue one additional placard to the applicant if the applicant does not have special license plates.

15:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.

(Approved: April 22, 2003)

(Effective Date: June 21, 2003)