1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to veterans; authorizing special license 
  1.3             plates for veterans of the United States military 
  1.4             action in Grenada; exempting veterans from the special 
  1.5             motor vehicle license plate design that identifies 
  1.6             eligibility groups using decal stickers; amending 
  1.7             Minnesota Statutes 2000, sections 168.123, subdivision 
  1.8             2; 168.1291, subdivision 1. 
  1.9   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.10     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 168.123, 
  1.11  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  1.12     Subd. 2.  [DESIGN.] The commissioner of veterans affairs 
  1.13  shall design the special plates, subject to the approval of the 
  1.14  registrar, that satisfy the following requirements:  
  1.15     (a) For a Vietnam veteran who served after July 1, 1961, 
  1.16  and before July 1, 1978, the special plates must bear the 
  1.17  inscription "VIETNAM VET" and the letters "V" and "V" with the 
  1.18  first letter directly above the second letter and both letters 
  1.19  just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate 
  1.20  number. 
  1.21     (b) For a veteran stationed on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, 
  1.22  or offshore, during the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 
  1.23  1941, the special plates must bear the inscription "PEARL HARBOR 
  1.24  SURVIVOR" and the letters "P" and "H" with the first letter 
  1.25  directly above the second letter and both letters just preceding 
  1.26  the first numeral of the special license plate number. 
  1.27     (c) For a veteran who served during World War I or World 
  2.1   War II, the special plates must bear the inscription "WORLD WAR 
  2.2   VET" and: 
  2.3      (1) for a World War I veteran, the characters "W" and "I" 
  2.4   with the first character directly above the second character and 
  2.5   both characters just preceding the first numeral of the special 
  2.6   license plate number; or 
  2.7      (2) for a World War II veteran, the characters "W" and "II" 
  2.8   with the first character directly above the second character and 
  2.9   both characters just preceding the first numeral of the special 
  2.10  license plate number. 
  2.11     (d) For a veteran who served during the Korean Conflict, 
  2.12  the special plates must bear the inscription "KOREAN VET" and 
  2.13  the letters "K" and "V" with the first letter directly above the 
  2.14  second letter and both letters just preceding the first numeral 
  2.15  of the special license plate number.  
  2.16     (e) For a combat wounded veteran who is a recipient of the 
  2.17  purple heart medal, the special plates must bear the inscription 
  2.18  "COMBAT WOUNDED VET" and inscribed with a facsimile of the 
  2.19  official purple heart medal and the letters "c" over "w" with 
  2.20  the first letter directly over the second letter just preceding 
  2.21  the first numeral of the special license plate number. 
  2.22     (f) For a Persian Gulf war veteran, the special plates must 
  2.23  bear the inscription "GULF WAR VET" and the letters "G" and "W" 
  2.24  with the first letter directly above the second letter and both 
  2.25  letters just preceding the first numeral of the special license 
  2.26  plate number.  For the purposes of this section, "Persian Gulf 
  2.27  war veteran" means a person who served on active duty after 
  2.28  August 1, 1990, in a branch of the armed forces of the United 
  2.29  States or United Nations during Operation Desert Shield, 
  2.30  Operation Desert Storm, or other military operation in the 
  2.31  Persian Gulf area combat zone as designated in United States 
  2.32  Presidential Executive Order No. 12744, dated January 21, 1991. 
  2.33     (g) For a veteran who served in the Laos War after July 1, 
  2.34  1961, and before July 1, 1978, the special plates must bear the 
  2.35  inscription "LAOS WAR VET" and the letters "L" and "V" with the 
  2.36  first letter directly above the second letter and both letters 
  3.1   just preceding the first numeral of the special license plate 
  3.2   number. 
  3.3      (h) For a veteran who, while a member of a branch of the 
  3.4   armed forces of the United States, served on active duty in the 
  3.5   United States military action in Grenada, the special plates 
  3.6   must bear the inscription "GRENADA VET" and the letters "G" and 
  3.7   "V" with the first letter directly above the second letter and 
  3.8   both letters preceding the first numeral of the special license 
  3.9   plate number. 
  3.10     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 168.1291, 
  3.11  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  3.12     Subdivision 1.  [DEFINITION.] For purposes of this section 
  3.13  "special license plates" means license plates issued under 
  3.14  sections 168.12, subdivisions 2b to 2e; 168.123; 168.1235; and 
  3.15  168.129.