March 7, 2017, Introduced by Reps. VanderWall, Sheppard, Lucido, Hoitenga, Griffin, Barrett, Wentworth, Lower, Yaroch, Bellino, Leutheuser, Ellison, Chirkun, Jones, Marino, Kahle, Green, Sabo, Glenn, Graves, Canfield, Vaupel, Alexander, Howell, Hauck and Farrington 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 this section, "private passenger motor
vehicle"
means a motor vehicle which that
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 must
be
on a form prescribed by the secretary of state , and shall must
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 the applicant has been determined by the veterans'
administration
of the federal government United
States Department
of Veterans Affairs 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 special registration issued under this section is exempt
from payment of the tax provided in section 801.
(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 must
be accompanied by a $5.00
service fee. The applicant shall not be required to furnish the
proof provided in subsection (2).
(5) The surviving spouse of a person who is a totally disabled
veteran with an honorable discharge from the armed services may use
a special registration plate issued under this section after the
death of the totally disabled veteran and may renew a special
registration plate issued under this section after the death of the
totally disabled veteran in the same manner as provided under this
section for a totally disabled veteran. If applicable, a surviving
spouse shall apply for registration of the vehicle upon which he or
she wishes to place the disabled veteran plate before using or
renewing the plate as described in this section.
(6) (5)
The secretary of state may issue to
a disabled person
who has been issued a special registration plate under this section
a tab for persons with disabilities. The tab for persons with
disabilities
shall must 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
under this section.
(7) (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. If the surviving spouse of a
totally disabled veteran is a disabled person, he or she may apply
to the secretary of state for a tab for persons with disabilities
in the same manner as provided for a totally disabled veteran under
this subsection.
(8) (7)
The tab for persons with
disabilities shall must be
issued free of charge.
(9) (8)
When a disabled person 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 not be required to again furnish
the
proof required under subsection (6).(7).
(10) (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 180 days
after the date it is enacted into law.