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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 610

Parking Permits

FOR the purpose of repealing a certain provision that
permits application for a disabled person's
registration number on behalf of a certain temporarily
disabled person; providing that an applicant for
renewal of a disabled person's registration number is
not required to submit proof of the handicap to the
Motor Vehicle Administration; requiring a certain
applicant for renewal of a disabled person's
registration number to submit a certain affidavit to
the Motor Vehicle Administration, which certifies that
the applicant continues to provide transportation for a
certain handicapped individual; prohibiting the
commission of fraud or misrepresentation in applying
for or using certain special registration; providing
for application to the Motor Vehicle Administration for
a disabled person's parking permit by certain persons;
requiring certain applicants for a disabled person's
parking permit to submit certain proof of handicap to
the Motor Vehicle Administration; making stylistic
changes; clarifying language; and generally relating to
the application for and issuance and renewal of a
special, disabled person's registration number and a
disabled person's parking permit.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

Article - Transportation
Section 13-616 and 13-616.1
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1977 Volume and 1981 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) as follows:

Article - Transportation

13-616.

(a) (1) The owner of any vehicle described in
paragraph (2) of this subsection may apply to the
Administration for the assignment to that vehicle of a
special, disabled [persons] PERSON'S registration number, if
the applicant, a dependent of the applicant, or any
individual who depends on the applicant for transportation:

(i) Has permanently lost the use of a leg

or an arm;

(ii) Is so severely AND PERMANENTLY
disabled as to be unable to move without a wheelchair or
crutches;