A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to ensure the accessibility of handicapped parking in north carolina by changing the handicapped placard design to reflect an expiration date visible from at least twenty feet to ensure increased enforcement and collection of expired or revoked placards.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 20‑37.5(4) reads as rewritten:
"(4)	"Removable windshield placard" means a two‑sided, hooked placard which includes on each side:
a.	The International Symbol of Access, which is at least three inches in height, centered on the placard, and is white on a blue shield;
b.	An identification number;
c.	An expiration date that is visible from at least 20 feet and gives the month and year of expiration; and
d.	The seal or other identification of the issuing authority."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.