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House passes stricter penalties for parking in handicap spaces after amendment
Summary
House Bill 19, which raised penalties for parking in designated handicap spaces and initially allowed impoundment, was amended on the floor to limit mandatory towing and then passed 64–5 after debate about signage, due process for disabled drivers and appropriate penalty levels.
The Utah House of Representatives passed House Bill 19 as amended after extended floor debate over penalties and towing authority for vehicles illegally parked in handicap spaces.
Representative Janice (Janet) Rose, sponsor of HB19, told the chamber the measure “makes it a much stricter penalty for people to park in a handicap zone. It moves it from an infraction to a class C misdemeanor as well as allows for impounding,…
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