Issues handicapped parking permits to:

-- Persons with a visual, physical, or neurological impairment which limits personal mobility resulting in an inability to travel more than 200 feet without stopping or without the use of a wheelchair, crutch, walker, prosthetic, orthotic, or other assistant device;

-- Persons whose personal mobility is limited as a result of respiratory problems;

-- Persons who have a cardiac condition to the extent his or her functional limitations are classified in severity as being Class III or Class IV according to standards set by the American Heart Association;

-- Persons who have substantially or permanently loss all of the use of one or more limbs.

Handicap parking permits issued by the DMV authorize individuals who meet the above definition of handicap to park in designated handicapped parking stalls. Permanent permits are issued for six years and expire on the last day of the month of the applicant's birthday in the sixth year following issuance. Temporary permits are issued for three months or six months and may be renewed once.

Approves Handicapped License Plate applications for:

-- Persons with a visual or physical impairment that limits personal mobility resulting in an inability to travel more than 200 feet without stopping or without the use of a wheelchair, crutch, walker, prosthetic, orthotic, or other assistant device;

-- Persons whose personal mobility is limited as a result of respiratory problems;

-- Persons who have a cardiac condition to the extent his or her functional limitations are classified in severity as being Class III or Class IV according to standards set by the American Heart Association;

-- Persons who have substantially or permanently loss all of the use of one or more limbs.

Vehicle must be titled in the name of the disabled person; a trust whose designated beneficiary who meets the above definition of handicap; or the parent, guardian, foster parent, or agent of an individual who meets the above definition of handicap. Specially marked plates approved by the DMV and issued by the offices of the county treasurer authorize individuals who meet the above definition of handicap to park in designated handicapped parking stalls. The holders of such plates must recertify his or her disability each year a new design of license plates is issued (6 years).