HARRY HUGHES, Governor

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have been issued, or (3) for which a required local permit
cannot be issued until one or more State permits have been
issued, [shall] MAY file all appropriate applications and
appendices with the coordinator, who shall forward copies of
the relevant parts of them to each State agency from which a
permit is requested. The application shall be accompanied by
a certificate that one or more of the conditions enumerated
above is true.

63.

(a)  A local government shall act upon applications for
permits to be issued by it in accordance with the law and
procedures applicable to the granting of such permits. [It
shall, however,] IF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS PARTICIPATED IN
A JOINT HEARING, IT SHALL give prompt notice of its action
to the coordinator, who shall forward it to each State
agency that participated in the joint hearing.

(b)  Each State agency that has participated in a joint
hearing with a local government, shall act PROMPTLY upon the
application before it within 60 days after it receives
notice that the local government has acted upon the
application for the local permit. If the local government
has denied the local permit, the State agency may deny its
permit for that reason. It may, however, reconsider the
application if the local permit is subsequently granted.

64A.

EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY GENERAL LAW, A STATE
AGENCY OR LOCAL GOVERNMENT MAY NOT REFUSE TO ACT ON A

COMPLETED APPLICATION FOR ANY PERMIT BECAUSE OF A

REQUIREMENT FOR THE PRIOR ISSUANCE OF ANY OTHER PERMIT FOR
THE SAME OR RELATED ACTIVITY PROPOSED TO BE ENGAGED IN BY
THE APPLICANT. HOWEVER, THE ISSUANCE OF A PERMIT MAY CARRY
A CONDITION THAT THE PERMIT CANNOT BE EXERCISED UNTIL OTHER
PERMITS NECESSARY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OR CONSTRUCTION HAVE
BEEN GRANTED.

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1981.

Approved May 19, 1981.

CHAPTER 671

(House Bill 1130)

AN ACT concerning

Vehicle Laws - Reserved Space Parking
Permits for Handicapped