SENATE BILL No. 1282

 

 

June 2, 2004, Introduced by Senators TOY, GARCIA, KUIPERS, SCHAUER, BIRKHOLZ, GOSCHKA, HARDIMAN, BASHAM, McMANUS and OLSHOVE and referred to the Committee on Transportation.

 

 

        

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                

                                                                                 A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled                                             

                                                                                

    "Michigan vehicle code,"                                                    

                                                                                

    by amending sections 803e, 803f, 803j, 803k, 803l, 803n, and 803o           

                                                                                

    (MCL 257.803e, 257.803f, 257.803j, 257.803k, 257.803l, 257.803n,            

                                                                                

    and 257.803o), section 803e as amended by 2003 PA 30, section               

                                                                                

    803f as amended by 1998 PA 68, sections 803j, 803k, 803n, and               

                                                                                

    803o as amended by 1999 PA 183, and section 803l as amended by              

                                                                                

    2000 PA 77.                                                                 

                                                                                

                THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:                      

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

2   person whose spouse has been a prisoner of war may make                     

                                                                                

3   application to the secretary of state for a special registration            

                                                                                

4   plate, which shall be inscribed with special identification                 

                                                                                

5   numbers preceded by the letters "EX-POW" and shall have the words           

                                                                                

6   "ex-prisoner of war" inscribed beneath the registration number.             

                                                                                


                                                                                

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

                                                                                

2   World War I may make application to the secretary of state for a            

                                                                                

3   special registration plate, which shall be inscribed with special           

                                                                                

4   identification numbers preceded by the letters "WWI" and shall              

                                                                                

5   have the words "World War I veteran" inscribed beneath the                  

                                                                                

6   registration number.                                                        

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

8   1941, stationed at a United States military or naval                        

                                                                                

9   establishment at Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian islands, and who              

                                                                                

10  survived the attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941            

                                                                                

11  may make application to the secretary of state for a special                

                                                                                

12  registration plate, which shall be inscribed with special                   

                                                                                

13  identification numbers and shall have the words "Pearl Harbor               

                                                                                

14  survivor" inscribed beneath the registration number.                        

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

16  make application to the secretary of state for a special                    

                                                                                

17  registration plate, which shall be inscribed with special                   

                                                                                

18  identification numbers and shall have the words "combat wounded             

                                                                                

19  veteran" inscribed beneath the registration number.  In addition,           

                                                                                

20  the special registration plate described under this subsection              

                                                                                

21  shall be inscribed with a vignette of the official purple heart             

                                                                                

22  medal.                                                                      

                                                                                

23      (5) Application for a special registration plate shall be on                

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

25  accompanied by  any  proof  of  satisfactory to the secretary of            

                                                                                

26  state that the applicant  having been  is or was a prisoner of              

                                                                                

27  war, World War I veteran, Pearl Harbor survivor, or recipient of            


                                                                                

1   the purple heart medal.  that the secretary of state may                    

                                                                                

2   require.  The application for a special registration plate shall            

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

4       (6) Upon proper application and payment of the $5.00 service                

                                                                                

5   fee, the secretary of state shall issue 1 or more special                   

                                                                                

6   registration plates for each applicant for use on a passenger               

                                                                                

7   vehicle.  A person who is disabled who makes application for a              

                                                                                

8   special registration plate under this section and who makes                 

                                                                                

9   payment of the $5.00 service fee shall be issued a tab for                  

                                                                                

10  persons with disabilities as provided in section 803f for his or            

                                                                                

11  her special registration plate.  The secretary of state shall               

                                                                                

12  require the same proof that the applicant is a disabled person as           

                                                                                

13  is required for issuance of a permanent windshield placard under            

                                                                                

14  section 675.  One person in any household is entitled to 1                  

                                                                                

15  special registration plate issued under subsection (1) that is              

                                                                                

16  exempt from payment of the tax provided in section 801.  The                

                                                                                

17  person who is issued an additional special registration plate               

                                                                                

18  under subsection (1) shall be assessed the applicable tax                   

                                                                                

19  provided for in section 801.  A person issued 1 or more special             

                                                                                

20  registration plates under subsection (2), (3), or (4) shall be              

                                                                                

21  assessed the applicable tax provided in section 801.                        

                                                                                

22      (7) The use of a special registration plate on a vehicle                    

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

25  misdemeanor.                                                                

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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


                                                                                

1   new plates are issued by the secretary of state.  Application for           

                                                                                

2   renewal of the special registration plate shall be accompanied by           

                                                                                

3   a $5.00 service fee.  The applicant is not required to again                

                                                                                

4   furnish the proof  provided in  required under subsection (5).              

                                                                                

5       Sec. 803f.  (1) A person who is a totally disabled veteran                  

                                                                                

6   with an honorable discharge from the armed services may make an             

                                                                                

7   application to the secretary of state if he or she owns a private           

                                                                                

8   passenger motor vehicle, and the secretary of state may issue a             

                                                                                

9   special registration plate, which shall be inscribed with special           

                                                                                

10  identification numbers preceded by the letters "DV" and shall               

                                                                                

11  have the words "disabled veteran" inscribed beneath the                     

                                                                                

12  registration number.  For the purposes of this section, "private            

                                                                                

13  passenger motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle  which  that is              

                                                                                

14  personally owned by the disabled veteran and is used for the                

                                                                                

15  primary purpose of transporting the disabled veteran and family             

                                                                                

16  members of the disabled veteran, but does not include a motor               

                                                                                

17  home.                                                                       

                                                                                

18      (2) Application for the special registration plate shall be                 

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

20  accompanied by a service fee of $5.00 and proof satisfactory to             

                                                                                

21  the secretary of state that the applicant was honorably                     

                                                                                

22  discharged from the armed services and either 1 of the                      

                                                                                

23  following:                                                                  

                                                                                

24      (a) That the applicant has been determined by the veterans'                 

                                                                                

25  administration of the federal government to have a                          

                                                                                

26  service-connected total or permanent total disability rating for            

                                                                                

27  compensation.                                                               


                                                                                

1       (b) That the applicant has been determined to have a                        

                                                                                

2   service-connected total or permanent total disability rating and            

                                                                                

3   is receiving disability retirement pay from a branch of the                 

                                                                                

4   uniformed armed services.                                                   

                                                                                

5       (3) A special registration issued under this section is                     

                                                                                

6   exempt from payment of the tax provided in section 801.                     

                                                                                

7       (4) The special registration plate  shall expire  expires on                

                                                                                

8   the birthday of the disabled veteran in a year in which new                 

                                                                                

9   plates are issued by the secretary of state.  Application for               

                                                                                

10  renewal of the special registration plate shall be accompanied by           

                                                                                

11  a $5.00 service fee.  The applicant  shall  is not  be  required            

                                                                                

12  to again furnish the proof  provided in  required under                     

                                                                                

13  subsection (2).                                                             

                                                                                

14      (5) The secretary of state may issue to a disabled person who               

                                                                                

15  has been issued a special registration plate under this section a           

                                                                                

16  tab for persons with disabilities.  The tab for persons with                

                                                                                

17  disabilities shall be an adhesive tab displaying the                        

                                                                                

18  international wheelchair symbol or a reasonable facsimile of that           

                                                                                

19  symbol.  The tab for persons with disabilities may be attached              

                                                                                

20  only to the special registration plate issued to the disabled               

                                                                                

21  person under this section.                                                  

                                                                                

22      (6) An application for a tab for persons with disabilities                  

                                                                                

23  shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state.  The               

                                                                                

24  secretary of state shall require the same proof that the                    

                                                                                

25  applicant is a disabled person as is required for issuance of a             

                                                                                

26  permanent windshield placard under section 675.                             

                                                                                

27      (7) The tab for persons with disabilities shall be issued                   


                                                                                

1   free of charge.                                                             

                                                                                

2       (8) When a disabled person who has been issued a tab for                    

                                                                                

3   persons with disabilities renews his or her special registration            

                                                                                

4   plate under this section, the secretary of state shall issue a              

                                                                                

5   new tab for persons with disabilities to the disabled person,               

                                                                                

6   free of charge.  The disabled person shall not be required to               

                                                                                

7   again furnish the proof required under subsection (6).                      

                                                                                

8       (9) The use of the special registration plate or a tab for                  

                                                                                

9   persons with disabilities on a motor vehicle other than the motor           

                                                                                

10  vehicle for which the special registration plate is issued, or by           

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

12  misdemeanor.                                                                

                                                                                

13      Sec. 803j.  (1) A person who was a member of the armed                      

                                                                                

14  services or a person whose spouse was a member of the armed                 

                                                                                

15  forces during the Korean War may make application to the                    

                                                                                

16  secretary of state for a special registration plate, which shall            

                                                                                

17  display an appropriate vignette preceding the registration                  

                                                                                

18  numbers and shall have the word "veteran" inscribed beneath the             

                                                                                

19  registration numbers.                                                       

                                                                                

20      (2) Application for a special registration plate shall be on                

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

22  accompanied by  any  proof  of  satisfactory to the secretary of            

                                                                                

23  state that the applicant or the applicant's spouse  having been             

                                                                                

24  is or was a Korean War veteran.  that the secretary of state may            

                                                                                

25  require.  The application for a special registration plate shall            

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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


                                                                                

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

                                                                                

2   registration plates for each applicant for use on a passenger               

                                                                                

3   vehicle.  A person who is disabled who makes application for a              

                                                                                

4   special registration plate under this section and who makes                 

                                                                                

5   payment of the $5.00 service fee shall be issued a tab for                  

                                                                                

6   persons with disabilities as provided in section 803f for his or            

                                                                                

7   her special registration plate.  The secretary of state shall               

                                                                                

8   require the same proof that the applicant is a disabled person as           

                                                                                

9   is required for issuance of a permanent windshield placard under            

                                                                                

10  section 675.  A person issued 1 or more special registration                

                                                                                

11  plates under subsection (1) shall be assessed the applicable tax            

                                                                                

12  provided in section 801.                                                    

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

16  misdemeanor.                                                                

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

18  shall expire  expires on the birthday of the vehicle owner.                

                                                                                

19  When new plates are issued by the secretary of state, application           

                                                                                

20  for renewal of the special registration plate shall be                      

                                                                                

21  accompanied by a $5.00 service fee.  The applicant  shall  is not           

                                                                                

22  be  required to again furnish the proof  provided in  required             

                                                                                

23  under subsection (2).                                                       

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

25  services during the Vietnam War or a person whose spouse was a              

                                                                                

26  member of the armed services during the Vietnam War may make                

                                                                                

27  application to the secretary of state for a special registration            


                                                                                

1   plate, which shall display an appropriate vignette preceding the            

                                                                                

2   registration numbers and shall have the word "veteran" inscribed            

                                                                                

3   beneath the registration numbers.                                           

                                                                                

4       (2) Application for a special registration plate shall be on                

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

6   accompanied by  any  proof  of  satisfactory to the secretary of            

                                                                                

7   state that the applicant or applicant's spouse  having been  is             

                                                                                

8   or was a Vietnam War veteran.  that the secretary of state may              

                                                                                

9   require.  The application for a special registration plate shall            

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

12  fee, the secretary of state shall issue 1 or more special                   

                                                                                

13  registration plates for each applicant for use on a passenger               

                                                                                

14  vehicle.  A person who is disabled who makes application for a              

                                                                                

15  special registration plate under this section and who makes                 

                                                                                

16  payment of the $5.00 service fee shall be issued a tab for                  

                                                                                

17  persons with disabilities as provided in section 803f for his or            

                                                                                

18  her special registration plate.  The secretary of state shall               

                                                                                

19  require the same proof that the applicant is a disabled person as           

                                                                                

20  is required for issuance of a permanent windshield placard under            

                                                                                

21  section 675.  A person issued 1 or more special registration                

                                                                                

22  plates under subsection (1) shall be assessed the applicable tax            

                                                                                

23  provided in section 801.                                                    

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

27  misdemeanor.                                                                


                                                                                

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

                                                                                

2   shall expire  expires on the birthday of the vehicle owner.                

                                                                                

3   When new plates are issued by the secretary of state, application           

                                                                                

4   for renewal of the special registration plate shall be                      

                                                                                

5   accompanied by a $5.00 service fee.  The applicant  shall  is not           

                                                                                

6   be  required to again furnish the proof  provided in  required             

                                                                                

7   under subsection (2).                                                       

                                                                                

8       Sec. 803l.  (1) A person who was a member of the armed                      

                                                                                

9   services during World War II or a person whose spouse was a                 

                                                                                

10  member of the armed services during World War II may make                   

                                                                                

11  application to the secretary of state for a special registration            

                                                                                

12  plate, which shall display an appropriate vignette preceding the            

                                                                                

13  registration numbers and shall have the word "veteran" inscribed            

                                                                                

14  beneath the registration numbers.                                           

                                                                                

15      (2) Application for a special registration plate shall be on                

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

17  accompanied by  any  proof  of  satisfactory to the secretary of            

                                                                                

18  state that the applicant or applicant's spouse  having been  is             

                                                                                

19  or was a World War II veteran that the secretary of state may            

                                                                                

20  require.  The application for a special registration plate shall            

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

23  fee, the secretary of state shall issue 1 special registration              

                                                                                

24  plate for each applicant for use on a passenger vehicle.  A                 

                                                                                

25  person who is disabled who makes application for a special                  

                                                                                

26  registration plate under this section and who makes payment of              

                                                                                

27  the $5.00 service fee shall be issued a tab for persons with                


                                                                                

1   disabilities as provided in section 803f for his or her special             

                                                                                

2   registration plate.  The secretary of state shall require the               

                                                                                

3   same proof that the applicant is a disabled person as is required           

                                                                                

4   for issuance of a permanent windshield placard under section                

                                                                                

5   675.  A person issued a special registration plate under                    

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

7   section 801.                                                                

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

11  misdemeanor.                                                                

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

13  shall expire  expires on the birthday of the vehicle owner.                

                                                                                

14  When new plates are issued by the secretary of state, application           

                                                                                

15  for renewal of the special registration plate shall be                      

                                                                                

16  accompanied by a $5.00 service fee.  The applicant  shall  is not           

                                                                                

17  be  required to again furnish the proof  provided in  required             

                                                                                

18  under subsection (2).                                                       

                                                                                

19      Sec. 803n.  (1) A person who was a member or a person whose                 

                                                                                

20  spouse was a member of the Michigan national guard, the United              

                                                                                

21  States armed forces reserve, or any branch of the armed services            

                                                                                

22  of the United States and who was called to active duty during the           

                                                                                

23  Persian Gulf War may apply to the secretary of state for a                  

                                                                                

24  special registration plate, which shall display an appropriate              

                                                                                

25  vignette preceding the registration numbers and shall have the              

                                                                                

26  word "veteran" inscribed beneath the registration numbers.                  

                                                                                

27      (2) A person who was a member or a person whose spouse was a                


                                                                                

1   member of the armed services during the conflict in Grenada, the            

                                                                                

2   conflict in Panama, or the conflict in Lebanon may apply to the             

                                                                                

3   secretary of state for a special registration plate, which shall            

                                                                                

4   display an appropriate vignette preceding the registration                  

                                                                                

5   numbers and shall have the word "veteran" inscribed beneath the             

                                                                                

6   registration numbers.                                                       

                                                                                

7       (3) Application for a special registration plate shall be on                

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

9   accompanied by  any  proof  of  satisfactory to the secretary of            

                                                                                

10  state that the applicant or applicant's spouse  having been  is             

                                                                                

11  or was a war or conflict veteran.  that the secretary of state              

                                                                                

12  may require.  The application for a special registration plate              

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

14      (4) Upon proper application and payment of the $5.00 service                

                                                                                

15  fee, the secretary of state shall issue 1 or more special                   

                                                                                

16  registration plates for each applicant for use on a passenger               

                                                                                

17  vehicle.  A person who is disabled who applies for a special                

                                                                                

18  registration plate under this section and who pays the $5.00                

                                                                                

19  service fee shall be issued a tab for persons with disabilities             

                                                                                

20  as provided in section 803f for his or her special registration             

                                                                                

21  plate.  The secretary of state shall require the same proof that            

                                                                                

22  the applicant is a disabled person as is required for issuance of           

                                                                                

23  a permanent windshield placard under section 675.  A person                 

                                                                                

24  issued 1 or more special registration plates under subsection (1)           

                                                                                

25  or (2) shall be assessed the applicable tax provided in                     

                                                                                

26  section 801.                                                                

                                                                                

27      (5) The use of a special registration plate on a vehicle                    


                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

3   misdemeanor.                                                                

                                                                                

4       (6) The special registration plate issued under this section                

                                                                                

5   shall expire  expires on the birthday of the vehicle owner.                

                                                                                

6   When new plates are issued by the secretary of state, application           

                                                                                

7   for renewal of the special registration plate shall be                      

                                                                                

8   accompanied by a $5.00 service fee.  The applicant  shall  is not           

                                                                                

9   be  required to again furnish the proof  provided in  required             

                                                                                

10  under subsection (3).                                                       

                                                                                

11      Sec. 803o.  (1) On and after December 18, 1992, a person who                

                                                                                

12  was a member or a person whose spouse was a member of the                   

                                                                                

13  Michigan national guard, the United States armed forces reserve,            

                                                                                

14  or any branch of the armed services of the United States and who            

                                                                                

15  was called to active duty during a declared war or an armed                 

                                                                                

16  conflict in which the United States was a participant may apply             

                                                                                

17  to the secretary of state for a special registration plate, which           

                                                                                

18  shall display an appropriate vignette preceding the registration            

                                                                                

19  numbers and shall have the word "veteran" inscribed beneath the             

                                                                                

20  registration numbers.                                                       

                                                                                

21      (2) Application for a special registration plate shall be on                

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

23  accompanied by  any  proof  of  satisfactory to the secretary of            

                                                                                

24  state that the applicant or applicant's spouse  having been  is             

                                                                                

25  or was a veteran of a declared war or an armed conflict in which            

                                                                                

26  the United States was a participant.  that the secretary of state           

                                                                                

27  may require.  The application for a special registration plate              


                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

3   fee, the secretary of state shall issue 1 or more special                   

                                                                                

4   registration plates for each applicant for use on a passenger               

                                                                                

5   vehicle.  A person who is disabled who applies for a special                

                                                                                

6   registration plate under this section and who pays the $5.00                

                                                                                

7   service fee shall be issued a tab for persons with disabilities             

                                                                                

8   as provided in section 803f for his or her special registration             

                                                                                

9   plate.  The secretary of state shall require the same proof that            

                                                                                

10  the applicant is a disabled person as is required for issuance of           

                                                                                

11  a permanent windshield placard under section 675.  A person                 

                                                                                

12  issued 1 or more special registration plates under subsection (1)           

                                                                                

13  shall be assessed the applicable tax provided in section 801.               

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

17  misdemeanor.                                                                

                                                                                

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

                                                                                

19  shall expire  expires on the birthday of the vehicle owner.                

                                                                                

20  When new plates are issued by the secretary of state, application           

                                                                                

21  for renewal of the special registration plate shall be                      

                                                                                

22  accompanied by a $5.00 service fee.  The applicant  shall  is not           

                                                                                

23  be  required to again furnish the proof  provided in  required             

                                                                                

24  under subsection (2).