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PUBLIC LAW 100-641—NOV. 9, 1988 102 STAT. 3335
Public Law 100-641
100th Congress
An Act
To designate the Federal building located at 324 West Market Street in Greensboro, ^ « l<)^(i
North Carolina, as the "L. Richardson Preyer, Jr. Federal Building and United ' '
States Courthouse and Post Office". [H.R. 3327]
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF BUILDING.
The Federal Building located at 324 West Market Street in
Greensboro, North Carolina, shall be known and designated as the
"L. Richardson Preyer, Jr. Federal Building and United States
Courthouse and Post Office".
SEC. 2. LEGAL REFERENCES.
Any reference in any law, regulation, document, record, map, or
other paper of the United States to the building referred to in
section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the "L. Richardson
Preyer, Jr. Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Post
Office".
SEC. 3. HANDICAPPED PARKING SYSTEM. 23 USC 402
(a) REGULATIONS.—Not later than the 180th day following the date
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall
issue regulations—
(1) which establish a uniform system for handicapped parking
designed to enhance the safety of handicapped individuals, and
(2) which encourage adoption of such system by all the States.
In issuing such regulations, the Secretary shall consult the States.
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
(1) UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR HANDICAPPED PARKING.—A uniform
system for handicapped parking designed to enhance the safety
of handicapped individuals is a system which—
(A) adopts the International Symbol of Access (as adopted
by Rehabilitation International in 1969 at its 11th World
Congress on Rehabilitation of the Disabled) as the only
recognized symbol for the identification of vehicles used for
transporting individuals with handicaps which limit or
impair the ability to walk;
(B) provides for the issuance of license plates displaying
the International Symbol of Access for vehicles which will
be used to transport individuals with handicaps which limit
or impair the ability to walk, under criteria determined by
the State;
(C) provides for the issuance of removable windshield
placards (displaying the International Symbol of Access) to
individuals with handicaps which limit or impair the ability
to walk, under criteria determined by the State;
(D) provides that fees charged for the licensing or reg-
istration of a vehicle used to transport individuals with
102 STAT. 3336 PUBLIC LAW 100-641—NOV. 9, 1988
handicaps do not exceed fees charged for the licensing or
registration of other similar vehicles operated in the State;
and
(E) for purposes of easy access parking, recognizes li-
censes and placards displaying the International Symbol of
Access which have been issued by other States and coun-
tries.
(2) STATE.—The term "State" has the meaning such term has
when used in chapter 4 of title 23, United States Code.
Approved November 9, 1988.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3327:
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 100-480 (Comm. on Public Works and Transportation).
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:
Vol. 133 (1987): Dec. 18, considered and passed House.
Vol. 134 (1988): Oct. 20, considered and passed Senate, amended. House concurred in
Senate amendment.
