CHAPTER 636
SENATE BILL NO. 767
AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE ADOPTION OF THE WORLD WHEELCHAIR SYMBOL AS THE WHEELCHAIR-USER SYMBOL FOR THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
WHEREAS, there is an urgent need to adopt an internationally accepted symbol to indicate facilities accessible to wheelchair-users; and
WHEREAS, the wheelchair symbol has been adopted for use around the world by Rehabilitation International's eleventh world congress; and
WHEREAS, the wheelchair symbol is easily recognized by the wheelchair-user; and
WHEREAS, no such standard symbol has been adopted by the State of Delaware.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Delaware:
Section 1. The World Wheelchair Symbol is hereby authorized and adopted as the wheelchair-user symbol for the State of Delaware and the wheelchair-user symbol shall be prominently displayed at all main entrances to public property and buildings in this State which provide facilities for the wheelchair-user, and that the private use of this symbol shall be encouraged.