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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 TransportationProviding for free parking for disabled persons.


     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.