California Assembly Bill AB2602 Introduced / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2602INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Gatto FEBRUARY 19, 2016 An act to amend Section 22511.5 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2602, as introduced, Gatto. Disabled parking placards. Existing law authorizes a disabled person or disabled veteran displaying a special license plate or a distinguishing placard issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles or a foreign jurisdiction to park for unlimited periods in a restricted zone or parking zone, as specified, and to park in metered spaces without paying parking meter fees. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to this provision. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 22511.5 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read: 22511.5. (a) (1) A disabled person or disabled veteran displaying  a  special license  plates   plate  issued under Section 5007 or a distinguishing placard issued under Section 22511.55 or 22511.59 is allowed to park for unlimited periods in any of the following zones: (A) In any restricted zone described in paragraph (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 21458 or on streets upon which preferential parking privileges and height limits have been given pursuant to Section 22507. (B) In any parking zone that is restricted as to the length of time parking is permitted as indicated by a sign erected pursuant to a local ordinance. (2) A disabled person or disabled veteran  is allowed to   may  park in any metered parking space without being required to pay parking meter fees. (3) This subdivision does not apply to a zone for which state law or ordinance absolutely prohibits stopping, parking, or standing of all vehicles, or  which  that  the law or ordinance reserves for special types of vehicles, or to the parking of a vehicle that is involved in the operation of a street vending business. (b) A disabled person or disabled veteran is allowed to park a motor vehicle displaying a special disabled person license plate or placard issued by a foreign jurisdiction with the same parking privileges authorized in this code for any motor vehicle displaying a special license plate or a distinguishing placard issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles.