SB-1093, As Passed Senate, August 11, 2010

SUBSTITUTE FOR

SENATE BILL NO. 1093

     A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

"Michigan vehicle code,"

by amending section 803i (MCL 257.803i), as amended by 1998 PA 68.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 803i. (1) A person who was or is a member of the national

guard may apply to the secretary of state for a special

registration plate, which shall display an appropriate vignette

preceding the registration numbers and shall have the words

"national guard" inscribed beneath the registration numbers.

     (2) A person who was or is a member of the military reserve

may apply to the secretary of state for a special registration

plate, which shall display an appropriate vignette preceding the

registration numbers.

     (3) A person who was a member of any branch of the armed

services of the United States, who has retired or been granted an

honorable discharge from that branch of the armed forces, and who

is not otherwise eligible for a special registration plate under

this act may apply to the secretary of state for a special

registration plate which shall display an appropriate vignette

preceding the registration numbers.

     (4) A person who was or is a member of the army airborne may

apply to the secretary of state for a special registration plate,

which shall display an appropriate vignette preceding the

registration numbers and shall have the words "army airborne"

inscribed beneath the registration numbers.

(5) (4) 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 being or having been a

member of the national guard, or military reserve, or army airborne

or a member of any branch of the armed services of the United

States as described in subsection (3) 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) (5) 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 applies for a special

registration plate under this section and who pays 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. A person issued 1

or more special registration plates under subsection (1), (2), or

(3), or (4) shall be assessed the applicable tax provided in

section 801.

(7) (6) 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) (7) The special registration plate issued under this

section shall expire on the birthday of the vehicle owner. When 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 shall not be required to furnish

the proof provided in subsection (4) (5).

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect January

1, 2011.