REFERENCE TITLE: parking violation; disabilities; access aisles |
State of Arizona Senate Fifty-third Legislature First Regular Session 2017
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SB 1239 |
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Introduced by Senator Kavanagh
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AN ACT
amending section 28‑884, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to vehicle parking.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 28-884, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
28-884. Parking space for persons with physical disabilities; prohibition; access aisle
A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, a person shall not stop, stand or park a motor vehicle within any specially designated and marked parking space provided pursuant to this article unless the motor vehicle is transporting a person who has been issued a valid placard or international symbol of access special plates and either:
1. The motor vehicle displays the valid permanent disability or temporary disability removable windshield placard.
2. The motor vehicle displays international symbol of access special plates that are currently registered to the vehicle.
B. A person who is chauffeuring a person with a physical disability in a vehicle without a placard or international symbol of access special plates may park momentarily in a parking space provided pursuant to this article for the purpose of loading or unloading the person with a physical disability, and a complaint shall not be issued to the driver for the momentary parking.
C. A person shall not stop, stand or park a motor vehicle, including a vehicle displaying an international symbol of access special plate or placard, in the access aisle of a parking space described in section 28‑882. For the purposes of this subsection, "access aisle" means a designated area within a parking space described in section 28‑882 that is marked by either spaced, crosshatched or diagonal stripes or a distinctive change in color or material and that leads to an accessible route of travel.