(

a) A veteran displaying special license plates issued under

Section 5101.3, 5101.4, 5101.5, 5101.6, or 5101.8 may park his or her motor vehicle, weighing not more than 6,000 pounds gross weight, without charge, in a metered parking space. (

b) Nothing in this

section restricts the rights of a person displaying either a special identification license plate issued pursuant to

Section or a distinguishing placard issued pursuant to

Section 22511.55 or 22511.59. (c)

(1) This

section does not exempt a vehicle displaying special license plates issued under

Section 5101.3, 5101.4, 5101.5, 5101.6, or 5101.8 from compliance with any other state law or ordinance, including, but not limited to, vehicle height restrictions, zones that prohibit stopping, parking, or standing of all vehicles, parking time limitations, street sweeping, restrictions of the parking space to a particular type of vehicle, or the parking of a vehicle that is involved in the operation of a street vending business.

(2) This

section does not authorize a vehicle displaying special license plates issued under

Section 5101.3, 5101.4, 5101.5, 5101.6, or 5101.8 to park in a state parking facility that is designated only for state employees.

(3) This

section does not authorize a vehicle displaying special license plates issued under

Section 5101.3, 5101.4, 5101.5, 5101.6, or 5101.8 to park during time periods other than the normal business hours of, or the maximum time allotted by, a state or local authority parking facility.

(4) This

section does not require the state or a local authority to designate specific parking spaces for vehicles displaying special license plates issued under

Section 5101.3, 5101.4, 5101.5, 5101.6, or 5101.8. (

d) A local authority’s compliance with subdivision (

a) is solely contingent upon the approval of its governing body.