HOUSE BILL No. 6006


     September 27, 2000, Introduced by Rep. Woronchak and referred to the Committee on Transportation.


        A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

   "Michigan vehicle code,"

   by amending section 803j (MCL 257.803j), as amended by 1999

   PA 183.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 803j.  (1) A person who was a member of the armed

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       services  FORCES, or a person whose spouse was a member of the

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      armed forces, during the Korean War may make application to the

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      secretary of state for a special registration plate, which shall

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      display an appropriate vignette preceding the registration num-

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      bers and shall have the word "veteran" inscribed beneath the reg-

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      istration numbers.

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           (2) Application for a special registration plate shall be on

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

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      accompanied by any proof of the applicant or the applicant's


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      spouse having been a Korean War veteran that the secretary of

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      state may require.  The application for a special registration

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      plate shall also be accompanied with payment of a $5.00 service

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      fee.  A SERVICE FEE IS NOT REQUIRED FOR A SPECIAL REGISTRATION

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      PLATE UNDER THIS SECTION.

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           (3) Upon proper application,  and payment of the $5.00 serv-

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

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      registration plates for each applicant for use on a passenger

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

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      special registration plate under this section  and who makes pay-

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

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      with disabilities as provided in section 803f for his or her spe-

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      cial registration plate.  The secretary of state shall require

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      the same proof that the applicant is a disabled person as is

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      required for issuance of a permanent windshield placard under

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      section 675.  A person issued 1 or more special registration

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      plates under subsection (1) shall be assessed the applicable tax

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      provided in section 801.

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           (4) The use of a special registration plate on a vehicle

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

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      person who does not qualify under this section, is a

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      misdemeanor.

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           (5) The special registration plate issued under this section

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      shall expire on the birthday of the vehicle owner.  When new

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      plates are issued by the secretary of state, application for

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      renewal of the special registration plate shall be accompanied by

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      a $5.00 service fee.  The  FOR A RENEWAL OF THE SPECIAL



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      REGISTRATION PLATE, THE applicant  shall  IS not  be 
   required to

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      furnish the proof provided in subsection (2).




















































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