Bill Text: MI HB5258 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles; registration plates; eligibility for disabled veteran registration plate; extend to partially disabled veterans. Amends sec. 803f of 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.803f).
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-29 - Printed Bill Filed 01/29/2014 [HB5258 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB5258-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5258
January 28, 2014, Introduced by Reps. Townsend, Franz, Santana, Zorn, Darany, Slavens, Banks, Yanez, Kurtz, Haines, Muxlow, Callton, Pettalia, Lori, Crawford, Outman, Knezek, Segal, Rutledge, Potvin, MacMaster and Kosowski 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 private
passenger motor vehicle, and the secretary of state may issue a
special
registration plate 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 As
used in this section, "private
passenger
motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle which that is
personally
owned by the a disabled veteran and is used for the
primary purpose of transporting the disabled veteran and his or her
family
members, of the disabled veteran, but does not
include a
motor home.
(2)
Application An application
for the special registration
plate described in subsection (1) 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 If the applicant is a
totally disabled veteran, 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 If the applicant is a
totally disabled veteran, 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.
(c) If the applicant is a partially disabled veteran, that the
applicant has been determined to have a service-connected
disability rating.
(3) A special registration issued under this section is exempt
from payment of the tax provided for in section 801.
(4)
The A special registration plate shall expire issued under
this section 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. The applicant shall not be
required to furnish the proof provided in subsection (2).
(5)
The If applicable, the secretary of state may issue to a
disabled
person veteran 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 veteran 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 A tab for persons with disabilities issued under
subsection (5) shall be issued free of charge.
(8)
When a disabled person veteran
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,
veteran, free of charge. The disabled person veteran 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.
