April 18, 2013, Introduced by Rep. Switalski 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 or a person whose
immediate family member 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 1 or more
special
registration plate which shall be plates to the applicant
that are 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
(a) "Immediate family member" means a spouse, parent, child,
or sibling residing in that person's household.
(b) "Private passenger motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle
which
that is personally owned by the disabled veteran or his or
her immediate family member 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 and proof that the applicant
or the applicant's immediate family member was honorably discharged
from the armed services and either 1 of the following:
(a) That the applicant or his or her immediate family member
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 or his or her immediate family member
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 special registration issued to a disabled veteran under
this section is exempt from payment of the tax provided in section
801. A special registration issued to an immediate family member of
a disabled veteran under this section is subject to the tax
provided in section 801 or a tax to be determined by the secretary
of state, at the secretary of state's discretion.
(4) The special registration plate shall expire on the
birthday
of the disabled veteran person
applying for the special
registration plate in a year in which new plates are issued by the
secretary
of state. Application An
application for renewal of the
special registration plate shall be accompanied by a $5.00 service
fee.
The applicant shall or the
applicant's immediate family member
is
not be required to furnish the
proof provided in subsection (2).
(5) The secretary of state may issue to a disabled person or
his or her immediate family member 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 or his or her immediate family member
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
or his or her immediate family member 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 or his or her immediate family
member 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, free of charge. The disabled
person
shall or his or her
immediate family member is 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.