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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6481
January Session, 2021
AN ACT CONCERNING SP ECIAL REGISTRATION MARKER PLATES
FOR VETERANS AND MEM BERS OF THE ARMED FO RCES WHO
SERVED IN PERIODS OF WAR.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2022) (a) The Commissioner of 1
Motor Vehicles shall, at the request of any veteran or member of the 2
armed forces who received a combat service ribbon and medal, issue 3
special registration marker plates to indicate service during a period of 4
war, as defined in section 27-103 of the general statutes. Such plates shall 5
bear the words "(Name of War) Veteran" and shall bear the image of the 6
combat service ribbon and medal received by such veteran or member 7
of the armed forces to the left of the numbers on such registration 8
marker plates. The plates shall expire and be renewed as provided in 9
section 14-22 of the general statutes. The commissioner shall charge a 10
fee for such plates, which fee shall cover the entire cost of making such 11
plates and shall be in addition to the fee for registration of such motor 12
vehicle. No use shall be made of such plates except as official 13
registration marker plates. As used in this section, "armed forces" has 14
the same meaning as provided in section 27-103 of the general statutes 15
and "veteran" means any person (1) honorably discharged from, or 16
released under honorable conditions from active service in, the armed 17
forces, or (2) with a qualifying condition, as defined in section 27-103 of 18 Substitute Bill No. 6481
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the general statutes, who has received a discharge other than bad 19
conduct or dishonorable from active service in the armed forces. 20
(b) A request made under subsection (a) of this section shall be 21
accompanied by proof from the Department of Veterans Affairs that the 22
person making a specific request served in the armed forces during such 23
period of war. 24
(c) The surviving spouse of a veteran or member of the armed forces 25
issued special registration marker plates under subsection (a) of this 26
section may retain any such plates for his or her lifetime or until such 27
time as he or she remarries. 28
(d) Any such member of the armed forces who is dishonorably 29
discharged shall return such plates to the commissioner not later than 30
thirty days after such discharge. The commissioner shall not renew such 31
plates for any motor vehicle owned or leased by any such member of 32
the armed forces who is dishonorably discharged. 33
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 January 1, 2022 New section
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