PURPOSE: This rule provides for issuing biennial disabled placards on a staggered basis to equalize the Department of Revenue’s workload.

1. (1) Disabled person placards expire in September of the designated expiration year. The renewal period begins August 1 in the year of their expiration.

   1. (A) New applicants for disabled person placard(s) processed after December 31, 2003 and prior to August 1, 2004 will be issued a two (2)-year placard expiring September 30, 2005, at a cost of four dollars ($4).

      1. 1. New applicants that mail their appli-

cation to the Central Office and only include a two dollar ($2) fee will be issued a one (1)- year placard.

1. (B) Late renewal applicants for disabled person placard(s) processed after December 31, 2003 and before August 1, 2004, have the option of receiving a one (1)-year or two (2)- year placard at a cost of two dollars ($2) or four dollars ($4) respectively.
2. (C) Renewal applicants who renew during the renewal cycle beginning August 1, 2004, and whose last name begins with the letter “A” through “K” will be issued a one (1)- year placard expiring September 30, 2005, at a cost of two dollars ($2). These applicants will be issued a two (2)-year placard at a cost of four dollars ($4) in subsequent years.

3. (D) Renewal applicants who renew during the renewal cycle beginning August 1, 2004, and whose last name begins with the letter “L” through “Z” will be issued a two (2)- year placard expiring September 30, 2006, at a cost of four dollars ($4).

   1. 1. Renewal applicants that mail their

application to the Central Office and only include a two dollar ($2) fee will be issued a one (1)-year placard in lieu of rejecting for the additional two dollar ($2) fee.

1. (E) When the holder of a valid disabled person placard or disabled person license plate purchases an additional placard without submitting a new physician’s statement, the expiration year of the additional placard will be issued for one (1) or two (2) years at a fee of two dollars ($2) or four dollars ($4) respectively in order for the additional placard to expire in the same year as the original disabled person placard or license plate.
2. (F) When the holder of a valid disabled person placard or disabled person license plate purchases an additional disabled person license plate without submitting a new physician’s statement, the expiration year of the additional plate cannot exceed the expiration year of the original disabled person placard or license plate.

AUTHORITY: sections 301.003, RSMo 2000 and 301.142, RSMo Supp. 2004.* Original rule filed Nov. 13, 2003, effective May 30, 2004. Amended: Filed Dec. 14, 2004, effective July 30, 2005. *Original authority: 301.003, RSMo 1997 and 301.142, RSMo 1977, amended 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003.