HOUSE BILL No. 5249


     October 8, 1997, Introduced by Reps. DeHart and Schermesser and referred to the Committee on Transportation.


        A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

   "Michigan vehicle code,"

   by amending section 803k (MCL 257.803k), as amended by 1994 PA

   104.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         Sec. 803k.  (1) A person who was a member of the armed serv-

 2    ices during the Vietnam War may make application to the secretary

 3    of state for  a  EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING:

 4         (A) A special registration plate, which shall display an

 5    appropriate vignette preceding the registration numbers and shall

 6    have the word "veteran" inscribed beneath the registration

 7    numbers.

 8         (B) A REGISTRATION PLATE STICKER THAT HAS AN APPROPRIATE

 9    VIGNETTE INSCRIBED ON IT.




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 1         (2) Application for a special registration plate OR STICKER

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

 3    shall be accompanied by any proof of the applicant having been a

 4    Vietnam War veteran which the secretary of state may require.

 5    The application for a special registration plate OR STICKER shall

 6    also be accompanied with payment of a $5.00 service fee.

 7         (3) Upon proper application and payment of the $5.00 service

 8    fee, the secretary of state shall issue 1 or more special regis-

 9    tration plates OR STICKERS for each applicant for use on a pas-

10    senger vehicle.  A person who is handicapped who makes applica-

11    tion for a special registration plate under this section and who

12    makes payment of the $5.00 service fee shall be issued a handi-

13    capper tab as provided in section 803f for his or her special

14    registration plate.  The secretary of state shall require the

15    same proof that the applicant is a handicapper as is required for

16    issuance of a permanent windshield placard under section 675.  A

17    person issued 1 or more special registration plates under

18    subsection (1) shall be assessed the applicable tax provided in

19    section 801.

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

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

22    person who does not qualify under this section, is a

23    misdemeanor.

24         (5) The special registration plate issued under this section

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

26    plates are issued by the secretary of state, application for

27    renewal of the special registration plate OR STICKER shall be



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 1    accompanied by a $5.00 service fee.  The applicant shall not be

 2    required to furnish the proof provided in subsection (2).




















































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