HOUSE BILL No. 6093


     November 9, 2000, Introduced by Reps. DeHart, LaForge, Spade, Schermesser, Scott, Martinez, Jacobs and Garcia and
referred to the Committee on Transportation.


        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:

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           SEC. 803Q.  (1) A PERSON WHO WAS A MEMBER OR A PERSON WHOSE

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      SPOUSE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MICHIGAN NATIONAL GUARD, THE UNITED

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      STATES ARMED FORCES RESERVE, OR ANY BRANCH OF THE ARMED SERVICES

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      OF THE UNITED STATES AND WHO WAS CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY DURING THE

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      ARMED CONFLICT IN BOSNIA OR KOSOVO MAY APPLY TO THE SECRETARY OF

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      STATE FOR A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE, WHICH SHALL DISPLAY AN

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      APPROPRIATE VIGNETTE PRECEDING THE REGISTRATION NUMBERS AND SHALL

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      HAVE THE WORD "VETERAN" INSCRIBED BENEATH THE REGISTRATION

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      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 APPLICANT'S SPOUSE

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      HAVING BEEN A WAR OR CONFLICT VETERAN THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE

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      MAY REQUIRE.  THE APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE

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

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

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

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      TRATION PLATES FOR EACH APPLICANT FOR USE ON A PASSENGER

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      VEHICLE.  A PERSON WHO IS DISABLED WHO APPLIES FOR A SPECIAL REG-

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      ISTRATION PLATE UNDER THIS SECTION AND WHO PAYS THE $5.00 SERVICE

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      FEE SHALL BE ISSUED A TAB FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES AS PRO-

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      VIDED IN SECTION 803F FOR HIS OR HER SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE.

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      THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL REQUIRE THE SAME PROOF THAT THE

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      APPLICANT IS A DISABLED PERSON AS IS REQUIRED FOR ISSUANCE OF A

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      PERMANENT WINDSHIELD PLACARD UNDER SECTION 675.  A PERSON ISSUED

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      1 OR MORE SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES UNDER SUBSECTION (1) OR (2)

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      SHALL BE ASSESSED THE APPLICABLE TAX 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 APPLICANT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO FUR-

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      NISH THE PROOF PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (2).





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