September 6, 2007, Introduced by Senators KAHN, ALLEN, GARCIA, RICHARDVILLE, BIRKHOLZ, PAPPAGEORGE, HARDIMAN, JELINEK, VAN WOERKOM, PATTERSON, GEORGE, CROPSEY, McMANUS, KUIPERS, OLSHOVE, JANSEN, SWITALSKI, CHERRY, STAMAS, JACOBS, BROWN, BARCIA, GLEASON, WHITMER, SANBORN, ANDERSON, BASHAM, BISHOP, SCHAUER, HUNTER, SCOTT, CLARK-COLEMAN and CLARKE and referred to the Committee on Senior Citizens and Veterans Affairs.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 803f (MCL 257.803f), as amended by 1998 PA 68.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 803f. (1) A person who is a totally disabled veteran with
an honorable discharge from the armed services may make an
application to the secretary of state if he or she owns a private
passenger motor vehicle, and the secretary of state may issue a
special
registration plate which that
shall be inscribed with
special identification numbers preceded by the letters "DV" and
shall have the words "disabled veteran" inscribed beneath the
registration number. For the purposes of this section, "private
passenger
motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle which that is
personally owned by the disabled veteran and is used for the
primary purpose of transporting the disabled veteran and family
members of the disabled veteran, but does not include a motor home.
(2) Application for the special registration plate shall be on
a form prescribed by the secretary of state, and shall be
accompanied
by a service fee of $5.00 and proof that the applicant
was honorably discharged from the armed services and either 1 of
the following:
(a) That the applicant has been determined by the veterans'
administration of the federal government to have a service-
connected total or permanent total disability rating for
compensation.
(b) That the applicant has been determined to have a service-
connected total or permanent total disability rating and is
receiving disability retirement pay from a branch of the uniformed
armed services.
(3) A special registration issued under this section is exempt
from payment of the tax provided in section 801.
(4) The special registration plate shall expire on the
birthday of the disabled veteran in a year in which 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 (2).
(5) The secretary of state may issue to a disabled person who
has been issued a special registration plate under this section a
tab for persons with disabilities. The tab for persons with
disabilities shall be an adhesive tab displaying the international
wheelchair symbol or a reasonable facsimile of that symbol. The tab
for persons with disabilities may be attached only to the special
registration plate issued to the disabled person under this
section.
(6) An application for a tab for persons with disabilities
shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state. 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.
(7) The tab for persons with disabilities shall be issued free
of charge.
(8) When a disabled person who has been issued a tab for
persons with disabilities renews his or her special registration
plate under this section, the secretary of state shall issue a new
tab for persons with disabilities to the disabled person, free of
charge. The disabled person shall not be required to again furnish
the proof required under subsection (6).
(9) The use of the special registration plate or a tab for
persons with disabilities on a motor vehicle other than the motor
vehicle for which the special registration plate is issued, or by a
person who does not qualify under this section, is a misdemeanor.