FINAL BILL REPORT

                           SSB 5148

                          C 106 L 93

                      SYNOPSIS AS ENACTED

Brief Description:  Adjusting penalties for improper use of disabled parking spaces.

SPONSORS: Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senator Winsley)

SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

BACKGROUND:

Parking illegally in a disabled parking space may result in a fine between $15 and $50.  Approximately one-third of the amount of the fine collected is deposited in the state public safety and education account; approximately two-thirds is retained by the city treasury and deposited according to the local jurisdiction.

SUMMARY:

A $50 fine for parking illegally in a disabled parking space is established.  Local jurisdictions must use their portion of this fine exclusively for law enforcement.  Courts are permitted to impose additional penalties sufficient to reimburse the local jurisdiction for any costs it may have incurred while removing and storing illegally parked vehicles.

Local jurisdictions providing on-street parking places reserved for physically disabled persons may impose by ordinance time restrictions on the use of these parking places.

VOTES ON FINAL PASSAGE:

Senate    47   0

House     95   0

EFFECTIVE:July 25, 1993