Alabama Administrative Code › Title 810 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE › Chapter 810-5-1 - VEHICLE REGISTRATION › Section 810-5-1-.225 - Disability Access Parking Credentials

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Disability Access Parking Credentials.
			 Evidence of qualification for disability access parking privileges must be a
			 removable windshield placard, a temporary removable windshield placard, or the
			 disability access license plate as provided in  23 C.F.R. § 1235, §§
								32-6-230 and
			 40-12-300,
Code of
			 Ala. 1975
.
(2)
			 Issuance of Disability Access Parking Credentials. Licensing officials must
			 accept Form MVR
			 32-6-230"Application for
			 Disability Access Parking Privileges" from persons with disabilities,
			 parent(s), stepparent(s), or legal guardian(s) of persons with disabilities as
			 defined in § 32-6-23,
Code of Ala. 1975
, and from
			 organizations transporting persons with disabilities [see paragraph (9) below]
			 in order to issue disability access parking credentials to residents of their
			 county. Upon presentation of the application, the licensing official must
			 verify that the application has been properly completed. The licensing official
			 must indicate in the designated space on Form MVR
			 32-6-230 the number shown on the
			 placard and/or the disability access license plate number. Fees for each
			 disability access license plate are as provided by law. There is no fee for the
			 removable windshield placard or temporary removable windshield
			 placard.
(3) Display of
			 Credentials. In accordance with
			 23 C.F.R. §
									1235.4, removable windshield placards must 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."
			 It is NOT required that a motor vehicle being used by or transporting persons
			 with disabilities display both the disability access license plate and the
			 placard. Individuals that do not have disability access license plates,
			 including those that do not own a motor vehicle, may request one (1) additional
			 removable windshield placard, for a total of two (2) placards.
(4) Use of Credentials. A motor vehicle
			 displaying disability access parking credentials may be parked in a disability
			 access parking space only when the vehicle is being used to transport or is
			 being operated by the person with disabilities to whom the disability access
			 license plate and/or placard was issued.
(5) Periodic Renewal. Removable windshield
			 placards and disability access license plates are, in accordance with
			 23 C.F.R.§
									1235.4, subject to "periodic renewal," which
			 is to be based on the five (5) year renewal cycle license plates as provided
			 under §
								32-6-62,
Code of Ala.
			 1975
. The month of renewal is based on the staggered system
			 provided under §
								32-6-61,
Code of Ala.
			 1975
.
(6)
			 Recertification. Upon expiration of the removable windshield placard(s) or the
			 five (5) year disability access license plate, the applicant is required to
			 reapply by completing the self-certification on Form MVR
			 32-6-230, which is to be provided
			 to the licensing official before a new removable windshield placard(s) or a
			 disability access license plate will be issued. However, the Commissioner may
			 elect to require all applicants to be recertified by a licensed physician, a
			 certified registered nurse practitioner, or certified nurse midwife, as defined
			 in §
								32-6-230,
Code of Ala.
			 1975
, using Form MVR
			 32-6-230 before disability access
			 parking credentials may be reissued.
(7) Replacement License Plates and Removable
			 Windshield Placards. If the disability access license plate or placard is lost
			 or stolen, or becomes mutilated, a replacement disability access license plate
			 or placard may be issued upon application to the licensing official and
			 completion of the replacement disability access license plate and/or placard
			 affidavit on the reverse of Form MVR
			 32-6-230.
(8) Maintenance of Application Forms. In
			 issuing the disability access parking credentials, the licensing officials must
			 record on Form MVR
			 32-6-230 the issued license plate
			 or placard number. This form must be maintained by the licensing official for
			 audit by the Examiners of Public Accounts. In addition, the form must be
			 maintained to be compared with Form MVR
			 32-6-230 when reissuing disability
			 access parking credentials.
(9)
			 Obtaining of Disability Access License Plates by Organizations or Governmental
			 Entities. 23 C.F.R. §
									1235.3 [b] provides for disability access
			 license plates for organizations using vehicles primarily to transport persons
			 with disabilities. The disability access license plates may be issued to
			 nursing homes, commissions on aging, special schools for persons with
			 disabilities, and similar organizations when an official of the organization
			 certifies on the "Application for Disability Access Parking Privileges" under
			 the "Organizations Only" portion that the vehicle is being primarily used to
			 transport persons with disabilities (note that the Requirements and
			 Certification" portion of the application is NOT to be completed by the
			 organization). If licensing officials have reservations regarding the issuance
			 of disability access license plates to an organization, the official may
			 request, in writing, from the organization a description of the mission,
			 purposes, etc. of the organization, and how the vehicle is to be, or is being
			 used. Such organizations may recertify upon expiration of the disability access
			 license plates by completing Form MVR
			 32-6-230. Government entities, as
			 defined under §
								40-12-250,
Code of
			 Ala. 1975
, may request disability access license plates.
(10) The licensing official must provide the
			 disability access parking credential information to the department as
			 prescribed in Administrative Code Rule
			 810-5-1-.226.
Authors:
Amy Bright, Jonathan Lawrence
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§ 32-6-23,
				  32-6-53,
				  32-6-61,
				  32-6-62,
				  32-6-230,
				  40-2A-7(a)(5),
				  40-12-250,
				  40-12-300), Public Law 100-641
				  and federal regulations adopted under 23CFR Sec 1235.