In an effort to crack down on those who violate handicapped parking placards and parking spaces, a new law goes into effect January 1st, 2010.
The Department of Motor Vehicles will include a picture of the disabled person on the placard.
Lawmakers say the change will make it easier to know if a driver is actually disabled.
People with current placards can keep them until they expire, but will then have to get a replacement with their photo. The deadline for that is January 1st, 2013.
The DMV will charge $1 for the change.
News Channel 7 has also learned, as part of the new bill, fines for violators will increase.
Also, physicians will have to follow tougher guidelines in determining who is in fact disabled.
Violators have long frustrated the disabled. That frustration led state lawmakers to introduce a bill, which was passed in Columbia earlier in 2009.
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