SF 2071

as introduced - 88th Legislature (2013 - 2014) Posted on 04/23/2014 08:49am

A bill for an act
relating to motor vehicles; license plates; authorizing a veteran's special
motorcycle plate for combat wounded veterans; amending Minnesota Statutes
2012, section 168.123, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2012, 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 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 as defined in section 168.002, subdivision
24, recreational motor vehicle as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 27, or one-ton
pickup truck as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 21b, 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, paragraph
(a), new text begin (e), new text end (f), (h), (i), or (j), or another special plate designed by the commissioner to
an applicant who is a registered owner of a motorcycle as defined in section 168.002,
subdivision 19, and meets the criteria listed in this paragraph and in subdivision 2,
paragraph (a), new text begin (e), new text end (f), (h), (i), or (j). 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 of $10 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.