07-R224

2007 -- H 6350

Enacted 05/03/07

H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N

RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT ALL RHODE ISLAND CITY AND TOWN POLICE DEPARTMENTS ENFORCE CURRENT HANDICAPPED PARKING LAWS

Introduced By: Representatives Lima, McNamara, Naughton, and E Coderre

Date Introduced: May 01, 2007

     WHEREAS, For many people with disabilities, their motor vehicle is their lifeline. Their

car or truck gives them the freedom of movement and the ability to live a full and complete life.

However, this freedom is dependent upon having access to handicapped parking spaces; and

     WHEREAS, It is vital to people with physical handicaps and disabilities that they be able

to park in designated handicapped parking spaces. Theses spaces are closest to the entrance of

their point of destination, and are a vital necessity for folks who are wheelchair bound or have

great difficulty walking; and

     WHEREAS, It has come to the attention of the Rhode Island General Assembly that

handicapped parking spaces quite frequently are being utilized by people unauthorized to park in

those spaces. The current state of affairs is unacceptable. The most vulnerable of our citizenry

need to be protected by their local city or town police department by having Rhode Island's

handicapped parking laws stringently enforced; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

Providence Plantations hereby respectfully requests that all Rhode Island Police Departments

enforce Rhode Island's handicapped parking laws; and be it further

      RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to each city and town Police Chief in the State of

Rhode Island.

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