Bill Text: MI HB4699 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Vehicles; registration plates; eligible disabled veterans; allow choice of registration plates at reduced fee. Amends secs. 803m, 804, 811f & 811g of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.803m et seq.).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-02-28 - Referred To Committee On Transportation [HB4699 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-HB4699-Engrossed.html
HB-4699, As Passed House, February 27, 2018
SUBSTITUTE FOR
HOUSE BILL NO. 4699
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 803f (MCL 257.803f), as amended by 1998 PA 68.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 803f. (1) A person who is a totally disabled veteran with
an honorable discharge from the armed services may make an
application to the secretary of state if he or she owns a private
passenger
motor vehicle, and the secretary of state may issue a 1
of the following:
(a)
A special registration plate which
shall be inscribed with
special identification numbers preceded by the letters "DV" and
shall
have the words "disabled
veteran" inscribed beneath the
registration
number. For the purposes of this section, "private
passenger
motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle which is personally
owned
by the disabled veteran and is used for the primary purpose
of
transporting the disabled veteran and family members of the
disabled
veteran, but does not include a motor home.
(b) A standard or commemorative issue plate issued under
section 224.
(c) A veteran or military service plate issued under section
803i, 803j, 803k, 803l, 803n, or 803o.
(d) A special registration plate issued under section 803d.
(2)
Application for the a special registration plate issued
under this section shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary
of state, and, except as otherwise provided in this act, shall be
accompanied by a service fee of $5.00 and proof that the applicant
was honorably discharged from the armed services and either 1 of
the following:
(a)
That the applicant has been determined by the veterans'
administration
Veterans' Administration of the federal government
to have a service-connected total or permanent total disability
rating for compensation.
(b) That the applicant has been determined to have a service-
connected total or permanent total disability rating and is
receiving disability retirement pay from a branch of the uniformed
armed services.
(3) A special registration issued under this section is exempt
from payment of the tax provided in section 801.
(4)
The A special registration plate shall expire issued under
this section expires on the birthday of the disabled veteran in a
year in which new plates are issued by the secretary of state.
Application
Except as otherwise provided
in this act, application
for renewal of the special registration plate shall be accompanied
by
a $5.00 service fee. The applicant shall is not be required to
furnish the proof provided in subsection (2).
(5) The secretary of state may issue to a disabled person who
has been issued a special registration plate under this section a
tab for persons with disabilities. The tab for persons with
disabilities shall be an adhesive tab displaying the international
wheelchair symbol or a reasonable facsimile of that symbol. The tab
for
persons with disabilities may be attached only to the a special
registration plate issued to the disabled person under this
section.
(6) An application for a tab for persons with disabilities
shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state. The
secretary of state shall require the same proof that the applicant
is a disabled person as is required for issuance of a permanent
windshield placard under section 675.
(7) The tab for persons with disabilities shall be issued free
of charge.
(8) When a disabled person who has been issued a tab for
persons with disabilities renews his or her special registration
plate under this section, the secretary of state shall issue a new
tab for persons with disabilities to the disabled person, free of
charge. The disabled person shall not be required to again furnish
the proof required under subsection (6).
(9)
The use of the a special registration plate issued under
this section or a tab for persons with disabilities on a motor
vehicle other than the motor vehicle for which the special
registration plate is issued, or by a person who does not qualify
under this section, is a misdemeanor.
(10) As used in this section, "private passenger motor
vehicle" means a motor vehicle which is personally owned by the
disabled veteran and is used for the primary purpose of
transporting the disabled veteran and family members of the
disabled veteran, but does not include a motor home.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect August 1,
2019.
