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SENATE BILL 5995
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 1st Special Session
By Senators Vognild and Patterson.
Read first time June 19, 1991. Referred to Committee on Transportation
AN ACT Relating to free parking for disabled persons; and amending RCW 46.61.582.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 46.61.582 and 1991 c 339 s 25 are each amended to read as follows:
Any
person who meets the criteria for special parking privileges under RCW
46.16.381 shall be allowed ((free of charge)) to park a vehicle being
used to transport that person ((for unlimited periods of time)) in designated
parking zones or areas ((including zones or areas with parking meters which
are otherwise restricted as to the length of time parking is permitted)),
free of charge. Time limits, if any, shall be set by the authority controlling
the parking zone or area. This section does not apply to those zones or
areas in which the stopping, parking, or standing of all vehicles is prohibited
or which are reserved for special types of vehicles. The person shall obtain
and display a special placard or license plate under RCW 46.16.381 to be
eligible for the privileges under this section.