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Federal law on parking privileges for persons with disabilities / Carol J. Toland.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Toland, Carol J., author.
- Series:
- CRS report for Congress.
- CRS report for Congress
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Automobile drivers with disabilities.
- Automobile parking--Law and legislation.
- Automobile parking.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (5 pages).
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, District of Columbia : Congressional Research Service, 2010.
- Summary:
- This report describes the federal role in parking privileges law, outlines the uniform system's model rules, and briefly discusses state responses to the model federal rules.1 Federal Role Parking privileges for individuals with disabilities is distinct from the subject of physical accessibility of parking spaces or structures. [...] In 1988, Congress enacted legislation requiring the Department of Transportation to create a "uniform system" of parking privileges for people with disabilities.7 Accordingly, the Department of Transportation promulgated the "Uniform System for Parking for Persons with Disabilities."8 However, Congress has never required states to comply with the Uniform System, nor has it authorized penalties for [...] The Uniform System The stated purpose of the Department of Transportation's Uniform System for Parking for Persons with Disabilities is to provide "guidelines to States for the 6 See H. R. 1702, 98th Cong. [...] Note that some courts interpreting state statutes which incorporate the Uniform System definition of a person with a disability which impairs or limits the ability to walk have held that this Uniform System definition is no broader than the ADA definition of "disability"; i.e., some courts have held that the Uniform System definition does not apply to individuals who would not otherwise be covered [...] Together with special license plates, placards "shall be the only recognized means of identifying vehicles permitted to utilize parking spaces reserved for persons with disabilities which limit or impair the ability to walk" under the Uniform System.21 The system delineates two types of windshield placards: removable windshield placards and temporary removable windshield placards.
- Notes:
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