SB 647

Under current law, a person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability

to walk may apply for and obtain from the Department of Transportation special

motor vehicle registration plates (disabled plates) or a special identification card

(disabled parking card) that affords certain parking privileges. If a motor vehicle

displays disabled plates or a disabled parking card, the motor vehicle may be parked

in spaces reserved for use by persons with physical disabilities (disabled parking

spaces) if: 1) the motor vehicle is parked by or under the direction of the person issued

the card or plates and this person is present; or 2) the motor vehicle is operated by

or on behalf of an organization and is used to transport a person eligible for a disabled

parking card. If a motor vehicle does not display disabled plates or a disabled

parking card, it is a violation for a person to park the motor vehicle in a disabled

parking space. It is also a violation to park a motor vehicle in a manner that blocks

use of a disabled parking space or in a marked access aisle adjacent to a disabled

parking space. A person who commits a disabled parking space violation must forfeit

not less than $50 nor more than $300 for the violation.

Under this bill, a disabled parking space violation may be enforced by any

person who is employed by a city, village, or town (municipality) and is designated

by that municipality as authorized to enforce disabled parking space violations.