Session Laws

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Section 2 of chapter 90 of the General Laws is hereby amended by striking out the seventh paragraph, inserted by section 7 of chapter 632 of the acts of 1985, and inserting in place thereof the following paragraph:-

The registrar may furnish plates displaying the "International Symbol of Access" for a pleasure passenger vehicle or a pick-up truck used exclusively for noncommercial purposes, owned or leased by and used by a blind person or a person who has suffered the loss or permanent loss of use of one or both feet, or of one or both hands, and the medical advisory board as established by section eight C, may determine such other standards of disability and handicap and of qualification for the issuance of said plates as said board deems proper. The registrar may also furnish a special parking identification plate bearing the "International Symbol of Access" to any person who meets the eligibility requirements for handicapped plates prescribed herein. Said parking identification plate shall be of such size and design as the registrar shall require and shall be numbered and contain the name and a photograph of the person to whom such plate is issued, and shall verify that such person is handicapped and eligible to receive such plate. When used by the bearer, said plate shall be displayed so as to be visible through the left portion of the windshield of a private passenger motor vehicle or a pick-up truck used exclusively for noncommercial purposes, and shall be for the exclusive use of the bearer while being transported in said vehicle. Use of the card by any person other than the bearer shall be cause for revocation. Anyone who wrongfully displays a special parking identification plate in a motor vehicle shall be subject to a fine of one hundred dollars. At no time shall the registrar issue to any person both plates displaying the "International Symbol of Access" and a special parking identification plate prescribed herein.