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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR Griego

DATE TYPED 2/18/05

HB

SHORT TITLE Disability Parking Placard Replacement

SB 757

ANALYST Wilson

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained Estimated Additional Impact Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY05

FY06

FY05

FY06

$160.0

Recurring General Fund

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC Files

Responses Received From

Governor’s Committee on Concerns of the Handicapped (GCCH)

Division of Vocational Rehabilitation (DVR)

SUMMARY

Synopsis of Bill

Senate Bill 757 appropriates $160 thousand from the general fund to the Motor Vehicle Division

(MVD) of the Taxation & Revenue Department (TRD) for expenditure in fiscal year 2006 to re-

place existing disability parking placards with new numbered placards, accompanied by an iden-

tification card, stating the person to whom it was issued and the person's driver's license number

and photograph

The bill declares an emergency

Significant Issues

DVR provided the following analysis of this bill:

•

Does not address what people with disabilities who have a parking placard must do in or-

der to obtain a replacement disability-parking placard;

•

Does not indicate what documentation is required;

Senate Bill 757 - Page 2

•

Individuals with obvious physical or mobility impairments who present themselves to

MVD should automatically grant a special registration plate or parking placard to indi-

viduals with mobility impairments when they register at MVD. These individuals have

extreme difficulties in transporting themselves; and

•

The number of parking placards should equal the number of identification cards, a set of

each for individual with a mobility impairment.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS

The appropriation of $160 thousand contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general

fund. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2006 shall

revert to the general fund.

ADMINISTRATIVE IMPLICATIONS

Administrative procedures will have to be developed to assist individuals receive special regis-

tration or parking placard in the most timely manner.

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