CHAPTER 117

H.P. 332 - L.D. 424

An Act To Increase the Availability of Handicapped

Parking Spaces for People with Disabilities

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §3009, sub-§1, ¶D, as amended by PL 1999, c. 127, Pt. A, §45, is further amended to read:

D. The following provisions apply to the establishment and policing of parking spaces for handicapped persons.

(1) Municipal public parking areas are subject to any applicable requirements of the Maine Human Rights Act, Title 5, chapter 337, subchapter V 5. The municipality shall post a sign adjacent to and visible from each handicapped parking space established by the municipality. The sign must display the international symbol for accessibility.

(2-A) Enforcement of handicapped parking restrictions must be in accordance with Title 29-A, section 521, subsection 9-A.

(3) Any vehicle or motorcycle parked in a parking space clearly marked as a handicapped parking space and that does not bear a special registration plate or placard issued under Title 29-A, section 521 or 523, or a similar plate issued by another state, must be cited for a forfeiture of not less than $100. "Clearly marked" includes painted signs on pavement and vertical standing signs that are visible in existing weather