Simon (HB 582) Act No. 164
Existing law requires each state agency and political subdivision having jurisdiction over a
public facility and each owner or lessee of a private facility to provide and maintain a
minimum number of specially designed and marked motor vehicle parking spaces for the
exclusive use of persons whose vehicles are identified by license plates, hang tags, or special
parking cards for the mobility impaired.
Existing law further requires the mobility-impaired parking spaces to adhere to the ADA
Standards and to include mobility-impaired loading and unloading areas, access aisles, access
ramps, and curb cuts.
New law requires, in addition to the ADA Standards specifications, each access aisle, or any
other area of the pavement adjacent to a parking space reserved for mobility-impaired
persons that is designated for the loading and unloading of vehicles parked in the space, to
have the phrase "NO PARKING" written upon the pavement area using letters that are not
less than twelve inches tall.
New law provides that violations of new law shall be shall be fined not more than $500 or
imprisoned for not more than six months, or both.
New law applies to all parking spaces newly constructed or existing parking spaces whose
markings are repainted after the effective date of new law.
Effective August 1 , 2013.
(Adds R.S. 40:1742(A)(4))