HOUSE BILL No. 5387


     November 1, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Tabor, Kuipers, Drolet, Vander Veen, Birkholz, Ehardt, Richardville, Pappageorge, Woronchak, Toy,
Hager, Lipsey, Spade, Voorhees, Shackleton, Middaugh, Ruth Johnson and Julian and referred to the Committee on Transportation.


        A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

   "Michigan vehicle code,"

   by amending section 803e (MCL 257.803e), as amended by 1998 PA

   68.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 803e.  (1) A person who has been a prisoner of war OR

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      THE SPOUSE OF A DECEASED FORMER PRISONER OF WAR may  make

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      application  APPLY to the secretary of state for a special regis-

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      tration plate  which shall be  THAT IS inscribed with special

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      identification numbers preceded by the letters "EX-POW" and

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       shall have  HAVING the words "ex-prisoner of war" inscribed

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      beneath the registration number.

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           (2) A person who was a member of the armed services during

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      World War I may  make application  APPLY to the secretary of

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      state for a special registration plate  , which shall be  THAT IS


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      inscribed with special identification numbers preceded by the

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      letters "WWI" and  shall have  HAVING the words "World War I

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      veteran" inscribed beneath the registration number.

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           (3) A person who was a member of the armed services during

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      1941, stationed at a United States military or naval establish-

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      ment at Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian islands, and who survived

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      the attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 may  make

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      application  APPLY to the secretary of state for a special regis-

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      tration plate  , which shall be  THAT IS inscribed with special

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      identification numbers and  shall have  HAVING the words "Pearl

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      Harbor survivor" inscribed beneath the registration number.

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           (4) A person who is a recipient of the purple heart medal

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      may  make application  APPLY to the secretary of state for a spe-

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      cial registration plate  which shall be  THAT IS inscribed with

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      special identification numbers and  shall have  HAVING the words

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      "combat wounded veteran" inscribed beneath the registration

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      number.  In addition, the special registration plate described

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      under this subsection shall be inscribed with a vignette of the

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      official purple heart medal.

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           (5) 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 having been a prisoner

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      of war, SPOUSE OF A DECEASED FORMER PRISONER OF WAR, World War I

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      veteran, Pearl Harbor survivor, or recipient of the purple heart

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      medal  which  THAT the secretary of state may require.  The

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      application for a special registration plate shall also be

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      accompanied with payment of a $5.00 service fee.



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           (6) 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 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 is entitled to 1 special registration

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      plate issued under subsection (1) which is exempt from payment of

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      the tax provided in section 801.  A person who is issued an addi-

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      tional special registration plate under subsection (1) shall be

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      assessed the applicable tax provided for in section 801.  A

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      person issued 1 or more special registration plates under

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      subsection (2), (3), or (4) shall be assessed the applicable tax

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      provided in section 801.

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           (7) 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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           (8) The special registration plate issued under this section

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      expires on the birthday of the vehicle owner in a year in which

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      new 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 is not required to furnish

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      the proof provided in subsection (5).




















































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