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HB0104 • 2022

Handicapped parking-veterans with disabilities.

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; allowing veterans who qualify for disabled veteran license plates to park in spaces reserved for handicapped persons; making a conforming amendment; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Representative Rodriguez-Williams
Last action
2022-02-18
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2022

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide detailed information about the specific requirements or impacts on parking signs and spaces beyond allowing disabled veteran license plate holders to use handicap parking spots.

Parking Spaces for Disabled Veterans

The bill allows veterans who qualify for disabled veteran license plates to park in spaces reserved for handicapped persons and makes changes to existing laws about parking signs.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows veterans with a special disabled veteran license plate to use handicap parking spots.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Veterans who qualify for a disabled veteran license plate
  • People with disabilities who use handicap parking spaces

Terms To Know

Disabled Veteran License Plate
A special license plate given to veterans who have a disability related to their military service.
Handicapped Parking Space
A parking spot reserved for people with disabilities that makes it easier for them to park and get in or out of their vehicles.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass, so the changes described are not currently law.
  • It is unclear how many veterans would qualify for this benefit.

Bill History

  1. 2022-02-18 House

    H Did not Consider for Introduction

  2. 2022-02-14 House

    H Received for Introduction

  3. 2022-02-14 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
22LSO-0262
2022
STATE OF WYOMING
22LSO-0262
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0104

Handicapped parking-veterans with disabilities.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Rodriguez-Williams and Burt

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; allowing veterans who qualify for disabled veteran license plates to park in spaces reserved for handicapped persons; making a conforming amendment; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 31
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111(b) and 31
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501(b) and (c) are amended to read:

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111.

Right of real property owners to prohibit or regulate public vehicular use; handicapped parking.

(b)

With the approval of the board of county commissioners or the local governing body having jurisdiction, the real property owner may reserve parking spaces for the handicapped
and disabled veterans
and erect signs in accordance with W.S. 31
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501(b)
and (c)
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The signs reserving parking spaces for the handicapped under this section shall be enforceable under W.S. 31
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501(c) or any existing municipal ordinance adopted by the governing body of the municipality with jurisdiction.

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501.

Authority to place signs prohibiting, regulating or restricting parking; handicapped parking; obedience to signs required; free parking areas.

(b)

Signs
A sign
reserving parking spaces for the handicapped
and disabled veterans
in public places under the jurisdiction of the government agencies described in subsection (a) of this section or placed on private property by the real property owner pursuant to W.S. 31
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111 shall be constructed of durable material, contain the international symbol of accessibility, be no less than twelve inches (12") by eighteen inches (18") in size and be
placed above ground level so as to be visible at all times and not be obscured by a vehicle parked in that space.
Signs reserving parking spaces for the handicapped and disabled veterans shall be the same design and construction.
Parking spaces for the handicapped
and disabled veterans
shall be located on the shortest possible accessible circulation route to an accessible entrance of the building.

In public parking lots of ten (10) or more parking spaces, at least two percent (2%) of the total number of available parking spaces but not less than one (1) space shall be reserved for the handicapped
and disabled veterans
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Handicapped parking spaces shall allow easy entrance and exit for wheelchairs, to include signage and any cross
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hatched handicapped vehicle access markings that may be adjacent to the handicapped parking space, and be located on a level surface.

(c)

The signs specified under this section and W.S. 31
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111(b) shall be official signs and it is unlawful for any person to willfully park a vehicle in violation of the restrictions, regulations or prohibitions stated on the signs. This subsection shall not prohibit use of
handicapped
and disabled veteran
parking spaces provided under subsection (b) of this section by
:

(i)

A
person issued a distinctive handicapped license plate or transferable identification card by another state and displaying the plate or card on a vehicle used by this person
;

(ii)

A veteran who qualifies for and displays a distinctive disabled veteran license plate on the veteran's vehicle in accordance with W.S. 31
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215(a). This authorization to park in handicapped spaces shall only be for the veteran if present in the registered vehicle
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Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2022
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(END)

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