Bill Text: MI SB0596 | 2015-2016 | 98th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Vehicles; registration plates; Cold War veteran registration plate; create. Amends 1949 PA 300 (MCL 257.1 - 257.923) by adding sec. 803s.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-11-04 - Referred To Committee On Transportation [SB0596 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2015-SB0596-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 596
November 4, 2015, Introduced by Senators KNEZEK, O'BRIEN, BOOHER, GREEN, SCHMIDT, GREGORY and STAMAS and referred to the Committee on Transportation.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
(MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 803s.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 803s. (1) A person who was a member of the armed services
during the Cold War or a person whose spouse was a member of the
armed services during the Cold War may make application to the
secretary of state for a special registration plate, which shall
display an appropriate vignette preceding the registration numbers
and shall have the word "veteran" inscribed beneath the
registration numbers.
(2) Application for a special registration plate shall be on a
form prescribed by the secretary of state, and shall be accompanied
by any proof of the applicant or applicant's spouse having been a
Cold War veteran that the secretary of state may require. The
application for a special registration plate shall also be
accompanied with payment of a $5.00 service fee.
(3) Upon proper application and payment of the $5.00 service
fee, the secretary of state shall issue 1 special registration
plate for each applicant for use on a passenger vehicle. A person
who is disabled who makes application for a special registration
plate under this section and who makes payment of the $5.00 service
fee shall be issued a tab for persons with disabilities as provided
in section 803f for his or her special registration plate. 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. A person issued a special
registration plate under subsection (1) shall be assessed the
applicable tax provided in section 801.
(4) The use of a special registration plate on a vehicle other
than the vehicle for which the plate is issued, or by a person who
does not qualify under this section, is a misdemeanor.
(5) The special registration plate issued under this section
shall expire on the birthday of the vehicle owner. When 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).
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days
after the date it is enacted into law.
