Bill Text: MI SB0118 | 2019-2020 | 100th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles: registration plates; blue star family registration plates; create. Amends sec. 803e of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.803e).
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-2)
Status: (Passed) 2020-03-04 - Assigned Pa 0051'20 With Immediate Effect [SB0118 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2019-SB0118-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 118
February 21, 2019, Introduced by Senators DALEY, WOJNO, HOLLIER, MACDONALD, HORN, LASATA, OUTMAN, VICTORY, RUNESTAD and JOHNSON and referred to the Committee on Families, Seniors, and Veterans.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 803e (MCL 257.803e), as amended by 2011 PA 46.
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
apply to the secretary of state for a special registration plate
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 apply
to the secretary of state
for
a special registration plate , 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
apply to the secretary of state for a special
registration
plate , 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
Purple
Heart Medal may make application apply to
the secretary of
state
for a special registration plate 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 in this
subsection
shall must be inscribed with a vignette of the official
purple
heart medal.Purple Heart
Medal.
(5)
Application for a special registration plate shall must be
on
a form prescribed by the secretary of state , and shall must 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 Purple
Heart Medal that the secretary of
state may require. Application for a "Gold Star Family" special
registration
plate described in subsection (9) shall or a "Blue
Star Family" special registration plate described in subsection
(10) must be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and
shall
must be accompanied by any proof of the applicant having
been
a gold star or blue star family member that the secretary of state
may
require. The application for a special registration plate shall
must also be accompanied with payment of a $5.00 service fee.
(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 must
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), (4), or (9), shall or (10) must be assessed
the applicable tax provided in section 801.
(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.
(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).
(9)
A gold star family member may make application apply to
the
secretary of state for a special registration plate that shall
be
inscribed with special
identification numbers preceded by a gold
star
and shall have the words "Gold Star Family" inscribed beneath
the registration number.
(10) A member of a blue star family may apply to the secretary
of state for a special registration plate inscribed with special
identification numbers preceded by a Blue Star Families insignia
and the words "Blue Star Family" beneath the registration number.
(11) (10)
As used in this section: ,
"gold star family member"
(a) "Blue star family member" means a person who is currently
serving in the United States Armed Forces or in forces incorporated
as part of the United States Armed Forces or a person who has an
immediate family member serving in the United States Armed Forces
or in forces incorporated as part of the United States Armed
Forces. As used in this subdivision, "immediate family member"
means a parent, stepparent, adoptive parent, foster parent standing
in loco parentis, child, stepchild, adopted child, sibling, half-
sibling, spouse, or grandparent.
(b) "Gold star family member" means a person who has had an
immediate family member die while serving in the United States
armed
forces Armed Forces or in forces incorporated as part of the
United
States armed forces Armed
Forces if the immediate family
member meets any of the eligibility criteria specified in 10 USC
1126(a)(1) to (3) for a gold star lapel button.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect August 1,
2021.