HB2165 S FIN AMT #1 4-7

Johnson  7909

The Committee on Finance moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

Eng. House Bill 2165—A Bill to amend and reenact §17C-13-6 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, and to amend the Code by adding thereto a new section, designated §17A-3-15a, relating to free parking for certain individuals; prohibiting public entities from requiring certain persons with a mobility impairment who are unable to walk from having to pay for accessible parking at parking meters that are inaccessible; defining terms; specifying parameters of prohibition and entitlement for payment exemption; making penalty of false swearing applicable for false certification of inability to access parking meter without unreasonable effort; prohibiting citations; providing for prima facie evidence; providing disabled veterans and veterans who received the Purple Heart may park free at metered parking spaces at any municipality in the state.

Adopted

Rejected