Ala. Code § 32-6-231 (1975) Distinctive Special Access Or Disability Access Windshield Placard

• Library: Alabama Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: Ala. Code § 32-6-231 (1975)

(a) Any person who submits to the license issuing official a completed special access parking or disability access parking application form approved by the Commissioner of Revenue which includes the physician's certification that he or she is an individual with a disability shall be issued one removable windshield placard displaying the International Symbol of Access thereby designating the driver of the vehicle or the passenger as being an individual with a disability.

(1) The removable windshield placard shall be prepared by the commissioner in conformity to Public Law 100-641 and rulemaking resulting therefrom.

(2)

a.

The removable windshield placard issued to the individual with a long-term disability shall expire after a maximum period of five years or any period less than five years to be designated by the commissioner. The placard shall clearly reveal the expiration date and shall be designed in accordance with Public Law 100-641 and rulemaking resulting therefrom to hang from the front windshield rearview mirror when the vehicle is parked in a parking space reserved for persons with disabilities. If the vehicle lacks a rearview mirror, the placard shall be placed on the dashboard.

b. The commissioner may require all persons with long-term disabilities to be recertified by a licensed physician before special access or disability access parking removable windshield placards may be reissued.