Title: Disabled Parking Permits

Summary: Requires disabled parking permit placard to display person's image.

Full Text:
An act relating to disabled parking permits; amending s. 320.0848, F.S.; requiring a disabled parking permit placard to display the person's image; providing an effective date. 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) and paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section 320.0848, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 320.0848 Persons who have disabilities; issuance of disabled parking permits; temporary permits; permits for certain providers of transportation services to persons who have disabilities.-(2) DISABLED PARKING PERMIT; PERSONS WITH LONG-TERM MOBILITY PROBLEMS.-(a) The disabled parking permit is a placard that can be placed in a motor vehicle so as to be visible from the front and rear of the vehicle. Each side of the placard must have the international symbol of accessibility in a contrasting color in the center so as to be visible. One side of the placard must display a color photograph or digital image of the applicant and the applicant's driver driver's license number or state identification card number along with a warning that the applicant must have such identification at all times while using the parking permit. In those cases where the severity of the disability prevents a disabled person from physically visiting or being transported to a driver license or tax collector office to obtain a driver driver's license or identification card, a certifying physician may sign the exemption section of the department's parking permit application to exempt the disabled person from being issued a driver driver's license or identification card for the number to be displayed on the parking permit. A validation sticker must also be issued with each disabled parking permit, showing the month and year of expiration on each side of the placard. Validation stickers must be of the size specified by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and must be affixed to the disabled parking permits. The disabled parking permits must use the same colors as license plate validations. (3) DISABLED PARKING PERMIT; TEMPORARY.-(a) The temporary disabled parking permit is a placard of a different color from the color of the long-term disabled parking permit placard, and must clearly display the date of expiration in large print and with color coding, but is identical to the long-term disabled parking permit placard in all other respects, including, but not limited to, the inclusion of a color photograph or digital image of the applicant and a state identification card number or driver driver's license number on one side of the temporary permit. The temporary disabled parking permit placard must be designed to conspicuously display the expiration date of the permit on the front and back of the placard. Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.