GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1993

S	2 

SENATE BILL 475
House Committee Substitute Favorable 6/23/93

Short Title:  Selling Handicapped Placards Illegal.	(Public)
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March 10, 1993

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO MAKE IT A CRIME TO SELL HANDICAPPED PARKING PLACARDS AND TO REMOVE LANGUAGE ALLOWING THE ISSUANCE OF AN ADDITIONAL PLACARD.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 20-37.6 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:
"( c3)	It shall be unlawful to sell a distinguishing license plate, a removable windshield placard, or a temporary removable windshield placard issued pursuant to this section.  A violation of this subsection shall be a misdemeanor and may be punished pursuant to G.S. 20-176(c) and (c1)."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 20-37.6(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Handicapped Drivers and Passengers; Distinguishing Placards. – A handicapped person may apply for the issuance of a removable windshield placard or a temporary removable windshield placard. Any organization which, as determined and certified by the State Vocational Rehabilitation Agency, regularly transports handicapped persons may also apply. These organizations may receive one removable windshield placard for each transporting vehicle. When the removable windshield or temporary removable windshield placard is properly displayed, all parking rights and privileges extended to vehicles displaying a distinguishing license plate issued pursuant to subsection (b) shall apply. The removable windshield placard or the temporary removable windshield placard shall be displayed so 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 using a parking space allowed for handicapped persons. When there is no inside rearview mirror, or when the placard cannot reasonably be hung from the rearview mirror by the handicapped person, the placard shall be displayed on the driver's side of the dashboard. A removable windshield placard placed on a motorized wheelchair or similar vehicle shall be displayed in a clearly visible location. The Division shall establish procedures for the issuance of the placards and may charge a fee sufficient to pay the actual cost of issuance, but in no event less than five dollars ($5.00) per placard."
Sec. 3.  This act becomes effective October 1, 1993.