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                                          SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1612

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Todd, Sayan, Belcher, Valle, Crane, Winsley, Lux, B. Williams, Walk, Barnes, Leonard, Gallagher, Lewis and Ferguson)

Read first time 2/5/88.

AN ACT Relating to signing of parking places for disabled persons; amending RCW 46.61.581; and prescribing penalties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 4, chapter 154, Laws of 1984 andRCW 46.61.581 are each amended to read as follows:

          A parking space or stall for a ((physically)) disabled person shall be indicated by((:

          (1)  A painted white line, at least six inches in width on the improved surface delineating the perimeter of the parking space or stall; and

          (2))) a vertical sign, between ((forty-eight)) thirty-six and ((sixty)) eighty-four inches off the ground, with the international symbol of access, whose colors are white on a blue background, described under RCW 70.92.120 and the notice "State disabled parking permit required."

          ((This section shall not apply to vertical signs in use on June 7, 1984, except that within two years of this date each vertical sign must display the notice "State disabled parking permit required."))

Failure of the person owning or controlling the property where required parking spaces are located to erect and maintain the sign is a traffic infraction and shall be punished by a fine of twenty-five dollars plus statutory assessments for each parking space that should be so designated.