HF 4167

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 03/14/2022 04:36pm

A bill for an act
relating to motor vehicles; authorizing additional veterans special motorcycle
plates; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168.123, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 168.123, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

General requirements; fees.

(a) On payment of a fee in the amount
specified for special plates under section 168.12, subdivision 5, 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 applicable laws relating to vehicle registration and
licensing, as applicable, the commissioner shall issue:

(1) special veteran's 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 a registered owner of a passenger automobile, recreational motor vehicle, or one-ton
pickup truck, but which is not a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section 169.011,
subdivision 16; or

(2) a veteran's special motorcycle plate as described in subdivision 2 deleted text begin , paragraph (a), (e),
(f), (h), (i), (j), or (m), deleted text end or another special plate designed by the commissioner to an applicant
who is a registered owner of a motorcycle and meets the criteria listed in this paragraph and
in subdivision 2 deleted text begin , paragraph (a), (e), (f), (h), (i), (j), or (m) deleted text end . Plates issued under this clause
must be the same size as regular motorcycle plates. Special motorcycle license plates issued
under this clause are not subject to section 168.1293.

(b) The additional fee is payable for each set of veteran's plates, is payable only when
the plates are issued, and is not payable in a year in which stickers are issued instead of
plates.

(c) The veteran must 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' plates provided under this section.

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective January 1, 2023, for veterans special
motorcycle plates described in Minnesota Statutes, section 168.123, subdivision 2, paragraphs
(b), (c), (d), (g), (k), and (l), issued on or after that date.
new text end