An Act To Improve Wheelchair-dependent Parking Access
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §521, sub-§9-A, as amended by PL 2005, c. 528, §1, is further amended to read:
(1) Parks in a parking space designated and clearly marked for persons with physical disabilities and has not been issued or is not transporting a person who has been issued a disability registration plate or a removable windshield placard pursuant to this section or section 523 or a disability registration plate or placard issued by another state;
(2) Parks in an access aisle, regardless of whether the person has been issued a disability registration plate or removable placard; or
(3) Has a disability registration plate or removable windshield placard and parks in a van accessible disability parking space with an access aisle, as described under 28 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 36, Appendix A, Standards for Accessible Design, Section 4.1.2(5), and does not require or is not transporting a person who requires mobility equipment, including, but not limited to, a wheelchair, or mobility equipment lift systems necessary for a person to enter or exit the vehicle safely. This subparagraph does not apply if the parking lot has only one designated disability parking space.
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This bill prohibits a person who possesses a disability registration plate or removable windshield placard from parking in a van accessible disability parking space as described under 28 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 36, Appendix A, Standards for Accessible Design, Section 4.1.2(5). This provision does not apply if the parking lot has only one designated disability parking space.