Bill Text: MI SB0821 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Vehicles; registration plates; Blue Star Family registration plates; create. Amends sec. 803e of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.803e).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-12-11 - Referred To Second Reading [SB0821 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2017-SB0821-Engrossed.html
SB-0821, As Passed Senate, September 26, 2018
SUBSTITUTE FOR
SENATE BILL NO. 821
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 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 be inscribed with a vignette of the official
purple
heart medal.Purple Heart
Medal.
(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 Purple Heart
Medal that the secretary of
state may require. Application for a "Gold Star Family" special
registration plate described in subsection (9) or a "Blue Star
Family" special registration plate described in subsection (10)
shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall
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
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 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), or (10) shall 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 that shall be inscribed
with special identification numbers preceded by a Blue Star
Families insignia and shall have the words "Blue Star Family"
inscribed 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,
2019.
