HOUSE BILL No. 4795


     May 20, 1997, Introduced by Reps. Schermesser, Harder, Hanley, Bogardus, Quarles, Kelly, Wojno, Willard, Hale, Goschka, Scott, Profit, DeHart, Prusi and Parks and referred to the Committee on Senior Citizens and Veterans Affairs.


        A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

   "Michigan vehicle code,"

   (MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 803q.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 803Q.  (1) A PERSON WHO HAS SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER, VOL-

 2    UNTEER LEADER, OR EMPLOYEE IN THE PEACE CORPS UNDER SECTIONS 5 TO

 3    7 OF TITLE I OF PUBLIC LAW 87-293, 22 U.S.C. 2504 TO 2506, MAY

 4    APPLY TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE,

 5    WHICH SHALL DISPLAY AN APPROPRIATE VIGNETTE PRECEDING THE REGIS-

 6    TRATION NUMBERS AND SHALL HAVE THE WORDS "PEACE CORPS" INSCRIBED

 7    BENEATH THE REGISTRATION NUMBERS.

 8         (2) APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE SHALL BE ON

 9    A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND SHALL BE

10    ACCOMPANIED BY ANY PROOF OF THE APPLICANT BEING OR HAVING SERVED

11    AS A VOLUNTEER, VOLUNTEER LEADER, OR EMPLOYEE IN THE PEACE CORPS


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 1    AS DESCRIBED IN SUBSECTION (1) THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY

 2    REQUIRE.  THE APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE SHALL

 3    ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED WITH PAYMENT OF A $5.00 SERVICE FEE.

 4         (3) UPON PROPER APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF THE $5.00 SERVICE

 5    FEE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL ISSUE 1 OR MORE SPECIAL REGIS-

 6    TRATION PLATES FOR EACH APPLICANT FOR USE ON A PASSENGER

 7    VEHICLE.  A PERSON WHO IS HANDICAPPED WHO APPLIES FOR A SPECIAL

 8    REGISTRATION PLATE UNDER THIS SECTION AND WHO PAYS THE $5.00

 9    SERVICE FEE SHALL BE ISSUED A HANDICAPPER TAB AS PROVIDED IN

10    SECTION 803F FOR HIS OR HER SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE.  THE SEC-

11    RETARY OF STATE SHALL REQUIRE THE SAME PROOF THAT THE APPLICANT

12    IS A HANDICAPPER AS IS REQUIRED FOR ISSUANCE OF A PERMANENT WIND-

13    SHIELD PLACARD UNDER SECTION 675.  A PERSON ISSUED 1 OR MORE SPE-

14    CIAL REGISTRATION PLATES UNDER SUBSECTION (1) SHALL BE ASSESSED

15    THE APPLICABLE TAX PROVIDED IN SECTION 801.

16         (4) THE USE OF A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE ON A VEHICLE

17    OTHER THAN THE VEHICLE FOR WHICH THE PLATE IS ISSUED, OR BY A

18    PERSON WHO DOES NOT QUALIFY UNDER THIS SECTION, IS A

19    MISDEMEANOR.

20         (5) THE SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION

21    SHALL EXPIRE ON THE BIRTHDAY OF THE VEHICLE OWNER.  WHEN NEW

22    PLATES ARE ISSUED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE, APPLICATION FOR

23    RENEWAL OF THE SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY

24    A $5.00 SERVICE FEE.  THE APPLICANT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO FUR-

25    NISH THE PROOF PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (2).







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