1986 BILL 208 Fourth Session, 20th Legislature, 35 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ALBERTA BILL 208 DISABLED PARKING ACT MR. LEE First Reading Second Reading Committee of the Whole Third Reading Royal Assent

Bill 208 Mr. Lee BILL 208 1986 DISABLED PARKING ACT (Assented to , 1986) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 7 The Municipal Government Act is amended by this Act. The following is added after

section 354: 354.1(1) In this section, (a) "designated parking space" means a parking space reserved for the use of vehicles either operated by or conveying a disabled person; (b) "disabled person" has the meaning established pur­ suant to subsection (3); (c) "permit" means a disabled parking permit issued by the Solicitor General; (d) "special plates" means special vehicle licence plates issued by the Solicitor General.

(2) A municipality may, by by-law, (

a) prescribe a minimum number or percentage or com­ bination thereof of parking stalls in every parking lot within the municipality, that is customarily available for public use or that is provided by an employer for use by employees, to be designated as designated parking spaces and requiring the stalls so designated to be the most convenient for a disabled person;

Explanatory Notes 1 This Bill will amend

chapter M-26 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta 1980. 2 Allows municipalities to require parking to be designated for use by disabled persons and empowers the Solicitor General to standardize markings and enter into reciprocal agreements with other provinces.

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b) prescribe that a designated parking space shall be marked in the manner required by the regulations; (

c) forbid the owner or operator of a parking lot from charging for parking in a designated parking space any more than for other parking in the same lot; (

d) prescribing a penalty to be paid by an owner or operator of a parking lot who is convicted of a breach of a by-law established pursuant to clauses (a), (

b) or (c), not to exceed $100 for a first offence and $500 for a second or subsequent offence; (

e) prescribing a penalty to be paid by the owner or operator of a vehicle who is convicted of parking in a designated parking space without displaying a special plate or permit issued by the Solicitor General to owners or operators of vehicles that are customarily used by disabled persons, not to exceed $50 for a first offence, $100 for a second offence, and $200 for a third or subsequent offence; (

f) prescribing a penalty to be paid by a person who is convicted of improperly using a special plate or permit or using a false licence plate or permit, not to exceed $100 for a first offence and $200 for a second or subsequent offence.

(3) The Minister of Social Services and Community Health may, by regulation, define "disabled person".

(4) The Solicitor General may, by regulation, prescribe the manner of marking a designated parking space.

(5) The Solicitor General may enter into agreements with one or more provinces to provide for the standardization of marking of designated parking spaces and the reciprocal recognifion of licence plates and permits to be displayed by a vehicle carrying a disabled person.

(5) The Solicitor General may, by regulation, require a municipality that has passed a by-law pursuant to subsection 2(a), to recognize licence plates and permits issued by a province with whom he has concluded an agreement pursuant to subsection (4). 3 This Act comes into force on Proclamation.

3 Coming into force. Title: 1986 (20th, 4th) Bill 208, Disabled Parking Act