SF 950

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

A bill for an act
relating to motor vehicles; allowing special veterans
license plates to be displayed on certain one-ton
trucks; making clarifying changes; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2004, section 168.123, subdivisions 1, 4.

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, new text begin one-ton truck described in clause (1),
new text end 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, deleted text begin or deleted text end self-propelled
recreational equipment new text begin , or truck resembling a pickup truck and
having a manufacturer's nominal rated capacity of one ton, but
which is not a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section
169.01, subdivision 75 new text end ; 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. An applicant must not be issued new text begin plates for
new text end more than two deleted text begin sets of plates for deleted text end vehicles listed in paragraph
(a) and owned or jointly owned by the applicant.

(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.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 168.123,
subdivision 4, is amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Plates transfer.

(a) On payment of a fee of $5,
plates issued under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1),
may be transferred to another new text begin vehicle, but only if the vehicle:
new text end

new text begin (1) is a new text end passenger automobile, pickup truck, van, deleted text begin or
deleted text end self-propelled recreational equipment new text begin , or one-ton truck
described in subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1); and
new text end

new text begin (2) is new text end owned or jointly owned by the person to whom the
plates were issued.

(b) On payment of a fee of $5, a plate issued under
subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), may be transferred to
another motorcycle owned or jointly owned by the person to whom
the plate was issued.