HOUSE BILL No. 4680
May 28, 2019, Introduced by Reps. Jones, Sabo, Vaupel, Howell, Calley and Tate and referred to the Committee on Military, Veterans and Homeland Security.
A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled
"Michigan vehicle code,"
by amending section 803i (MCL 257.803i), as amended by 2011 PA 74.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 803i. (1) A person who was or is a member of the national
guard National Guard may apply to the secretary of state for a
special registration plate that shall display displays an
appropriate vignette preceding the registration numbers and shall
have has the words "national guard" "National Guard" inscribed
beneath the registration numbers for passenger vehicles only.
(2) A person who was or is a member of the military reserve
may apply to the secretary of state for a special registration
plate that shall display displays an appropriate vignette preceding
the registration numbers.
(3) A person who was a member of any branch of the armed
services of the United States Armed Forces, who has retired or been
granted an honorable discharge from that branch of the armed
forces, United States Armed Forces, and who is not otherwise
eligible for a special registration plate under this act may apply
to the secretary of state for a special registration plate that
shall display displays an appropriate vignette preceding the
registration numbers.
(4) Application for a special registration plate shall must be
on a form prescribed by the secretary of state and shall must be
accompanied by any proof of the applicant being or having been a
member of the national guard National Guard or military reserve or
a member of any branch of the armed services of the United States
Armed Forces as described in subsection (3) 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.
(5) Upon proper application, and payment of the $5.00 service
fee, the secretary of state shall issue 1 or more special
registration plates for each applicant for use on a passenger
vehicle or, for the purposes of subsection (1) or (3), for use on a
motorcycle. A person who is disabled who applies for a special
registration plate under this section and who pays the $5.00
service fee shall must 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 1 or more special registration plates under
subsection (1), (2), or (3) shall must be assessed the applicable
tax provided in section 801.
(6) 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.
(7) The special registration plate issued under this section
shall expire expires 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 is not be required to
furnish the proof provided in subsection (4) for an application for
renewal of the special registration plate.
Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect
unless all of the following bills of the 100th Legislature are
enacted into law:
(a) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.
03283'19).
(b) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.
03284'19).
(c) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4684 (request no.
03285'19).
(d) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4682 (request no.
03291'19).
(e) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No.____ (request no.
03292'19).
(f) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4683 (request no.
03294'19).
(g) Senate Bill No.____ or House Bill No. 4681 (request no.
03305'19).