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Bill would let disabled veterans park at meters without paying; counsel flags statutory and implementation questions
Summary
H.555 would allow disabled‑veteran plates or a veteran‑specific permit to exempt veterans from parking‑meter fees; legislative counsel told the committee the change is straightforward for municipal meters but raises cross‑statute, DMV‑form, and private‑lot implementation questions and unknown municipal fiscal impacts.
Representative Mary Catherine Stone (D-Burlington) presented H.555 to the House Government Operations & Military Affairs Committee on Jan. 8, proposing a veteran‑specific pathway to parking‑meter fee exemptions for disabled veterans who do not qualify for Vermont’s existing disabled parking placard.
Stone said some veterans have service‑connected disabilities that are non‑visible or do not meet the state’s current medical criteria for a disabled placard; those veterans can hold veteran license plates yet still pay meter fees. The bill would permit municipalities to…
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