HOUSE BILL No. 6192


     September 24, 1998, Introduced by Reps. Llewellyn, Rhead, McManus, Raczkowski, Scranton, McNutt, Geiger, LeTarte, Lowe, Horton, McBryde, DeVuyst, Voorhees, Goschka, Law, Cropsey, Curtis, Nye, Godchaux, Green, Galloway, Jansen, Johnson, Oxender, Profit, Freeman, DeHart, Vaughn, Kelly, Griffin, Mans, Cherry, Varga, Hanley, Price, Brewer and
Wetters 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 803q.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 1         SEC. 803Q.  (1) A PERSON WHO WAS THE RECIPIENT OF A UNITED

 2    STATES CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR MAY APPLY TO THE SECRETARY OF

 3    STATE FOR A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE, WHICH SHALL HAVE THE

 4    WORDS "MICHIGAN, GREAT LAKES STATE, CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR

 5    RECIPIENT" INSCRIBED BENEATH THE REGISTRATION NUMBERS.

 6         (2) APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE DESCRIBED

 7    IN SUBSECTION (1) SHALL BE ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY

 8    OF STATE, AND SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY ANY PROOF OF THE APPLICANT

 9    HAVING BEEN A UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR

10    RECIPIENT THAT THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY REQUIRE.  THE




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 1    APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE SHALL ALSO BE

 2    ACCOMPANIED WITH PAYMENT OF A $5.00 SERVICE FEE.

 3         (3) UPON PROPER APPLICATION AND PAYMENT OF THE $5.00 SERVICE

 4    FEE, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL ISSUE 1 OR MORE SPECIAL REGIS-

 5    TRATION PLATES FOR EACH APPLICANT FOR USE ON A PASSENGER

 6    VEHICLE.  A PERSON WHO IS HANDICAPPED WHO APPLIES FOR A SPECIAL

 7    REGISTRATION PLATE UNDER THIS SECTION AND WHO PAYS THE $5.00

 8    SERVICE FEE SHALL BE ISSUED A HANDICAPPER TAB AS PROVIDED IN

 9    SECTION 803F FOR HIS OR HER SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE.  THE SEC-

10    RETARY OF STATE SHALL REQUIRE THE SAME PROOF THAT THE APPLICANT

11    IS A HANDICAPPER AS IS REQUIRED FOR ISSUANCE OF A PERMANENT WIND-

12    SHIELD PLACARD UNDER SECTION 675.  A PERSON ISSUED 1 OR MORE SPE-

13    CIAL REGISTRATION PLATES UNDER SUBSECTION (1) SHALL BE ASSESSED

14    THE APPLICABLE TAX PROVIDED IN SECTION 801.

15         (4) THE USE OF A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE ON A VEHICLE

16    OTHER THAN THE VEHICLE FOR WHICH THE PLATE IS ISSUED, OR BY A

17    PERSON WHO DOES NOT QUALIFY UNDER THIS SECTION, IS A

18    MISDEMEANOR.

19         (5) THE SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION

20    SHALL EXPIRE ON THE BIRTHDAY OF THE VEHICLE OWNER.  WHEN NEW

21    PLATES ARE ISSUED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE, APPLICATION FOR

22    RENEWAL OF THE SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY

23    A $5.00 SERVICE FEE.  THE APPLICANT SHALL NOT BE REQUIRED TO FUR-

24    NISH THE PROOF PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (2).









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