06 LC
25 4167/AP
House
Bill 959 (AS PASSED HOUSE AND SENATE)
By:
Representatives Maddox of the
172nd,
Lindsey of the
54th,
Fleming of the
117th,
O`Neal of the
146th,
Roberts of the
154th,
and others
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 40-6-222 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to parking permits for persons with disabilities, so as to change certain
provisions relating to permits for permanently disabled persons; to provide for
permits issued to permanently disabled minors; to provide a short title; to
repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
This
Act shall be known and may be cited as
"Mallorýs
Act."
SECTION
2.
Code
Section 40-6-222 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to parking
permits for persons with disabilities, is amended by striking subsection (c) and
inserting in lieu thereof the following:
"(c)
The department shall issue a permanent permit to any person who is obviously
permanently disabled and to any other permanently disabled person upon
presentation of an affidavit of a practitioner of the healing arts stating that
such person is a permanently disabled person. The affidavit shall further state
the specific disability that limits or impairs the
persońs
ability to walk or that he or she is a person with disabilities as specified in
subparagraph (G) of paragraph (5) of Code Section 40-6-221. The department
shall also issue a permanent permit to an institution which operates vehicles
used primarily for the transportation of individuals with disabilities, upon
presentation of a certification from the institution regarding use of its
vehicles. The institution shall receive permits only for the number of vehicles
so used and shall affix the permits to the
driveŕs
side of the dashboards of such vehicles. The permanent permit shall vary in
color from one period to the next renewal period, but shall not be predominately
red in color and shall show prominently on its face an expiration date two years
from the date it is
issued;
provided, however, that any permanent permit issued to a minor shall prominently
display the word 'minor' and show an expiration date the same as the date of his
or her eighteenth birthday or two years from the date it is issued, whichever
occurs last. The expiration date
of any
permanent permit shall be printed in a
size of print that is legible when the permit is hung from the rearview mirror
or displayed on the
driveŕs
side of the
dashboard."
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.