HB 685-FN - AS INTRODUCED
2001 SESSION
05/10
HOUSE BILL 685-FN
This bill allows pregnant women to obtain temporary removable windshield placards enabling them to park in spaces reserved for persons with disabilities.
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01-1037
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand One
AN ACT allowing pregnant women to use parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Walking Disability Plates and Placards; Temporary Removable Windshield Placard Available to Pregnant Women. Amend RSA 261:88,VI to read as follows:
VI. Upon the application of a person with a temporary walking disability or a pregnant woman, the director shall issue a temporary removable windshield placard. The placard shall comply with the standards set forth in 23 CFR Part 1235, Appendix B. The temporary removable windshield placard shall be displayed in such a manner that it may be viewed from the front and the 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. Upon request, the director shall issue one additional temporary removable windshield placard to applicants. Application for a temporary removable windshield 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 or that the applicant is pregnant. The certification shall also include the period of time that the physician determines the applicant will have the disability, which period of time shall not exceed 6 months, or 9 months if the applicant is pregnant. The expiration date of the temporary placard shall be noted on the placard.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
LBAO
01-1037
2/7/01
HB 685-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT allowing pregnant women to use parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Legislative Budget Assistant has determined that this legislation has a total fiscal impact of less than $10,000 in each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2005.