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House adopts amendment to raise disabled-parking fines to seed state employment program for people with disabilities
Summary
First Substitute HB 370 was amended to correct a typographical error and replace the word 'fee' with 'fine'; sponsor said a small increase in disabled-parking fines would generate funding for the Alternative State Application Program (ASAP) to hire more people with disabilities, but at least one representative objected to funding a program via fines.
The House took up First Substitute House Bill 370 on Feb. 27 and adopted Amendment No. 1, which corrected a typographical error and replaced the word "fee" with "fine" in the bill text.
Representative Stephen Mascaro, the sponsor, explained the bill is aimed at hiring more qualified people with disabilities by creating a modest increase in disabled-parking penalties to generate seed funding for the Alternative State Application Program (ASAP). Mascaro said the…
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