HF 472

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to veterans; repealing the limit on the
number of vehicles for which the registrar may issue
to a veteran certain special veterans license plates;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.123,
subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.123,
subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

General requirements; fees.

(a) On
payment of a fee of $10 for each set of two plates, or for a
single plate in the case of a motorcycle plate, payment of the
registration tax required by law, and compliance with other laws
relating to the registration and licensing of a passenger
automobile, pickup truck, van, self-propelled recreational
equipment, or motorcycle, as applicable, the registrar shall
issue:

(1) special license plates to an applicant who served in
the active military service in a branch of the armed forces of
the United States or of a nation or society allied with the
United States in conducting a foreign war, was discharged under
honorable conditions, and is an owner or joint owner of a
passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, or self-propelled
recreational equipment; or

(2) a special motorcycle license plate as described in
subdivision 2, paragraph (a), or another special license plate
designed by the commissioner of public safety to an applicant
who is a Vietnam veteran who served after July 1, 1961, and
before July 1, 1978, and who served in the active military
service in a branch of the armed forces of the United States in
conducting a foreign war, was discharged under honorable
conditions, and is an owner or joint owner of a motorcycle.
Plates issued under this clause must be the same size as
standard motorcycle license plates.

(b) The additional fee of $10 is payable for each set of
plates, is payable only when the plates are issued, and is not
payable in a year in which tabs or stickers are issued instead
of number plates. deleted text begin An applicant must not be issued more than two
sets of plates for vehicles listed in paragraph (a) and owned or
jointly owned by the applicant.
deleted text end

(c) The veteran shall have a certified copy of the
veteran's discharge papers, indicating character of discharge,
at the time of application. If an applicant served in the
active military service in a branch of the armed forces of a
nation or society allied with the United States in conducting a
foreign war and is unable to obtain a record of that service and
discharge status, the commissioner of veterans affairs may
certify the applicant as qualified for the veterans' license
plates provided under this section.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective July 1, 2005.
new text end