Bill Text: VA HB98 | 2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: License plates, special; issuance to family members of persons who have died in military service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-04-06 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0706) [HB98 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2016-HB98-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. §1. Special license plates for immediate family members of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who died on or after March 29, 1973, while serving on active duty or while assigned to a Reserve or National Guard unit in a drill status. On receipt of an application and following the provisions of §46.2-725 of the Code of Virginia, the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall issue special license plates to immediate family members of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who died on or after March 29, 1973, while serving on active duty or while assigned to a Reserve or National Guard unit in a drill status. For the purpose of this section, "immediate family member" means (i) a widow or widower, remarried or not; (ii) a mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, mother or father through adoption, or foster parent who stood in loco parentis; (iii) a child, stepchild, or adopted child; and (iv) a sibling or half-sibling. For each set of license plates issued, the Commissioner shall charge the prescribed cost of state license plates. Such license plates shall not be subject to the provisions of subdivision B 1 or 2 of §46.2-725 of the Code of Virginia. |