Bill Text: MI HB4673 | 2017-2018 | 99th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vehicles; registration plates; maximum number of disabled veteran registration plates allowed to be issued to an individual; modify. Amends sec. 803f of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.803f).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-31 - Bill Electronically Reproduced 05/30/2017 [HB4673 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2017-HB4673-Introduced.html

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HOUSE BILL No. 4673

 

 

May 30, 2017, Introduced by Reps. Camilleri, Pagan, Guerra, Elder, Lucido, Hughes, Hertel, Singh and Hammoud and referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.

 

     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 1 or more

 

private passenger motor vehicle, vehicles, and the secretary of

 

state may issue a no more than 5 special registration plate plates,

 

which 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 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 per plate 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 Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, a

 

special registration issued under this section is exempt from

 

payment of the tax provided in section 801. An individual who

 

obtains more than 1 special registration plate as provided in

 

subsection (1) shall pay the tax provided in section 801 for the

 

second and each subsequent plate.

 

     (4) The special registration plate shall expire expires 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 per plate. 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 1 or more special registration plate plates under

 

this section a tab for persons with disabilities for each plate.

 

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 a 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 1 or more special

 

registration plate plates under this section, the secretary of

 

state shall issue a new tab for persons with disabilities for each

 

plate 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.

 

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

 

after the date it is enacted into law.