Bill Text: MI HB5737 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vehicles; registration plates; specialty plate for "Purple Heart Family Member"; provide for. Amends sec. 803e of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.803e).

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-14 - Printed Bill Filed 01/14/2010 [HB5737 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2009-HB5737-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 5737

 

January 13, 2010, Introduced by Reps. Polidori, Terry Brown, Miller, Geiss, Daley, Lemmons, Lahti, Leland, Valentine, Young, Donigan, Switalski, Haugh, Byrum and Dean and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

 

"Michigan vehicle code,"

 

by amending section 803e (MCL 257.803e), as amended by 2003 PA 30.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 803e. (1) A person who has been a prisoner of war or a

 

person whose spouse has been a prisoner of war may make application

 

to the secretary of state for a special registration plate which

 

that shall be inscribed with special identification numbers

 

preceded by the letters "EX-POW" and shall have the words "ex-

 

prisoner of war" inscribed beneath the registration number.

 

     (2) A person who was a member of the armed services during

 

World War I may make application to the secretary of state for a

 

special registration plate , which that shall be inscribed with

 

special identification numbers preceded by the letters "WWI" and

 

shall have the words "World War I veteran" inscribed beneath the

 

registration number.

 

     (3) A person who was a member of the armed services during

 

1941, stationed at a United States military or naval establishment

 

at Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian islands, and who survived the

 

attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 may make

 

application to the secretary of state for a special registration

 

plate , which that shall be inscribed with special identification

 

numbers and shall have the words "Pearl Harbor survivor" inscribed

 

beneath the registration number.

 

     (4) A person who is a recipient of the purple heart medal may

 

make application to the secretary of state for a special

 

registration plate which that shall be inscribed with special

 

identification numbers and shall have the words "combat wounded

 

veteran" inscribed beneath the registration number. In addition,

 

the special registration plate described under this subsection

 

shall be inscribed with a vignette of the official purple heart

 

medal.

 

     (5) A person who is the family member of a recipient of the

 

purple heart medal may make application to the secretary of state

 

for a special registration plate that shall be inscribed with

 

special identification numbers and shall have the words "family

 

member of a combat wounded veteran" inscribed beneath the

 

registration number. In addition, the special registration plate

 

described under this subsection shall be inscribed with a vignette

 

of the official purple heart medal.

 

     (6) (5) Application for a special registration plate shall be

 

on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, and shall be

 

accompanied by any proof of the applicant having been a prisoner of

 

war, World War I veteran, Pearl Harbor survivor, or recipient of

 

the purple heart medal, or family member of a recipient of the

 

purple heart medal that the secretary of state may require. The

 

application for a special registration plate shall also be

 

accompanied with payment of a $5.00 service fee.

 

     (7) (6) Upon proper application and payment of the $5.00

 

service fee, the secretary of state shall issue 1 or more special

 

registration plates for each applicant for use on a passenger

 

vehicle. A person who is disabled who makes application for a

 

special registration plate under this section and who makes payment

 

of the $5.00 service fee shall be issued a tab for persons with

 

disabilities as provided in section 803f for his or her special

 

registration plate. 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. One

 

person in any household is entitled to 1 special registration plate

 

issued under subsection (1) that is exempt from payment of the tax

 

provided in section 801. The person who is issued an additional

 

special registration plate under subsection (1) shall be assessed

 

the applicable tax provided for in section 801. A person issued 1

 

or more special registration plates under subsection (2), (3), or

 

(4), or (5) shall be assessed the applicable tax provided in

 

section 801.

 

     (8) (7) The use of a special registration plate on a vehicle

 

other than the vehicle for which the plate is issued, or by a

 

person who does not qualify under this section, is a misdemeanor.

 

     (9) (8) The special registration plate issued under this

 

section expires on the birthday of the vehicle owner in a year in

 

which new plates are issued by the secretary of state. Application

 

for renewal of the special registration plate shall be accompanied

 

by a $5.00 service fee. The applicant is not required to furnish

 

the proof provided in subsection (5) (6).