| 31 | | - | twelve thousand pounds (12,000 lbs.) or less. The applicant shall not be required to pay a 9 |
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| 32 | | - | registration fee or service charge for the plate. Upon the death of the holder of any P.O.W. plates, 10 |
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| 33 | | - | the plates shall be transferred to his or her surviving spouse for the spouse’s lifetime until he or she 11 |
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| 34 | | - | remarries. 12 |
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| 35 | | - | 31-3-48. Plates for recipients of Purple Heart. 13 |
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| 36 | | - | (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available to 14 |
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| 37 | | - | recipients of the Purple Heart Medal up to two (2) sets of special motor vehicle registration plates 15 |
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| 38 | | - | for any motor vehicle eligible for registration as an automobile or commercial vehicle having a 16 |
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| 39 | | - | gross weight of twelve thousand pounds (12,000 lbs.) or less, indicating the owner as a recipient of 17 |
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| 40 | | - | the Purple Heart. 18 |
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| 41 | | - | (b) The plate shall contain the words “combat wounded” across the top of the plate and 19 |
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| 31 | + | twelve thousand pounds (12,000 lbs) or less. The applicant shall not be required to pay a registration 9 |
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| 32 | + | fee or service charge for the plate. Upon the death of the holder of any P.O.W. plates, the plates 10 |
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| 33 | + | shall be transferred to his or her surviving spouse for the spouse’s lifetime until he or she remarries. 11 |
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| 34 | + | 31-3-62. National guard plates. 12 |
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| 35 | + | (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered and authorized to 13 |
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| 36 | + | make available to all active and retired members of the Rhode Island army and air national guard a 14 |
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| 37 | + | special motor vehicle registration plate for any motor vehicle eligible for registration as an 15 |
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| 38 | + | automobile or a commercial vehicle having a gross weight of eight thousand-five hundred pounds 16 |
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| 39 | + | (8,500 lbs.) twelve thousand pounds (12,000 lbs) or less. 17 |
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| 40 | + | (b) The special motor vehicle registration plate shall carry on it the designation “National 18 |
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| 41 | + | Guard” and shall also carry on it an emblem on the left-hand side of the plate to be designed and 19 |
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| 45 | | - | shall have an insignia for the Purple Heart and be followed by the letters “P H”, followed by a 1 |
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| 46 | | - | numeral or numerals. The Purple Heart insignia may be reproduced on the plate in the color purple. 2 |
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| 47 | | - | (c) Upon the death of the holder of any Purple Heart plates, the plates shall be transferred 3 |
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| 48 | | - | to his or her surviving spouse for the spouse’s lifetime until he or she remarries. 4 |
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| 49 | | - | (d) The applicant is not required to pay a registration fee or service charge for the plates. 5 |
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| 50 | | - | (e) Upon the death of the holder of any Purple Heart plates, if there is no surviving spouse, 6 |
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| 51 | | - | a family member of the recipient may retain one of the special motor vehicle registration plates in 7 |
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| 52 | | - | his or her own keeping, provided he or she does not display the plate upon any motor vehicle or 8 |
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| 53 | | - | any other form of transportation owned or operated by the family member. The other Purple Heart 9 |
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| 54 | | - | plate must be returned to the division of motor vehicles. 10 |
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| 55 | | - | (f) Any violation of the provisions of subsection (e) of this section shall be deemed a civil 11 |
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| 56 | | - | violation, and any person displaying a special motor vehicle registration plate upon any vehicle 12 |
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| 57 | | - | shall, upon conviction, be fined five hundred dollars ($500) for each offense. Each day in which 13 |
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| 58 | | - | the special motor vehicle registration plate is displayed upon any vehicle shall be a separate offense 14 |
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| 59 | | - | punishable by the same penalty. 15 |
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| 60 | | - | 31-3-48.1. Plates for recipients of Distinguished Service Cross. 16 |
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| 61 | | - | (a) The administrator of motor vehicles is empowered to make available to recipients of 17 |
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| 62 | | - | the United States Army Distinguished Service Cross medal a special motor vehicle registration 18 |
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| 63 | | - | plate for any motor vehicle eligible for registration as an automobile or commercial vehicle having 19 |
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| 64 | | - | a gross weight of twelve thousand pounds (12,000 lbs.) or less, indicating the owner as a recipient 20 |
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| 65 | | - | of the distinguished service cross. The applicant shall be required to pay a registration fee and a 21 |
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| 66 | | - | transfer charge of five dollars ($5.00) for the plate. 22 |
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| 67 | | - | (b) The plate shall contain the words “Distinguished Service Cross” across the top of the 23 |
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| 68 | | - | plate, shall bear an insignia for the distinguished service cross, and then a numeral or numerals. 24 |
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| 69 | | - | (c) Upon the death of the holder of any “Distinguished Service Cross” plate, the plate shall 25 |
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| 70 | | - | be transferred to the surviving spouse for the spouse’s lifetime or until remarriage. 26 |
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| 71 | | - | 31-3-48.2. Plates for recipients of the Bronze Star Medal. 27 |
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| 72 | | - | (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered to make available to 28 |
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| 73 | | - | recipients of the United States Bronze Star Medal a special motor vehicle registration plate for any 29 |
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| 74 | | - | motor vehicle eligible for registration as an automobile or commercial vehicle having a gross 30 |
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| 75 | | - | weight of twelve thousand pounds (12,000 lbs.) or less, indicating the owner as a recipient of the 31 |
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| 76 | | - | Bronze Star Medal. The applicant shall be required to pay a registration fee and a transfer charge 32 |
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| 77 | | - | of five dollars ($5.00) for the plate. 33 |
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| 78 | | - | (b) The plate shall contain the words “Bronze Star Medal” across the top of the plate, shall 34 |
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| 45 | + | provided by the office of the adjutant general, with the numerals to the right of it. 1 |
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| 46 | + | (c) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall issue the plate upon the 2 |
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| 47 | + | payment of a service charge of twenty dollars ($20.00) and a transfer charge of five dollars ($5.00) 3 |
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| 48 | + | for the plate. All revenues shall be deposited as general revenues. 4 |
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| 49 | + | (d) For the purposes of this section an active or retired member of the Rhode Island army 5 |
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| 50 | + | and air national guard shall be defined as any person certified by the adjutant general as currently 6 |
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| 51 | + | serving or having retired under honorable conditions in either the Rhode Island army or air national 7 |
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| 52 | + | guard. 8 |
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| 53 | + | (e) In a state of emergency, any active member of the army or air national guard driving a 9 |
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| 54 | + | vehicle bearing the special motor vehicle registration plate shall be authorized and empowered to 10 |
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| 55 | + | travel upon the highways of the state notwithstanding any driving ban imposed by any state or 11 |
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| 56 | + | municipal authority. 12 |
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| 57 | + | SECTION 2. Section 31-6-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-6 entitled "Registration 13 |
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| 58 | + | Fees" is hereby amended to read as follows: 14 |
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| 59 | + | 31-6-8. Disabled veterans. 15 |
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| 60 | + | (a) Any veteran who has been honorably discharged from the service of the armed forces 16 |
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| 61 | + | or the merchant marine of the United States in any of the wars or campaigns in which the United 17 |
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| 62 | + | States has been engaged and who, while engaged in these wars or campaigns or as a result of 18 |
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| 63 | + | engagement in these wars or campaigns, by reason of amputation, has lost one or both of his or her 19 |
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| 64 | + | arms, hands, feet, or legs, or who, by reason of other permanent injury, has lost the use of one or 20 |
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| 65 | + | both of his or her arms, hands, feet, or legs, or to whom has been granted a motor vehicle under 21 |
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| 66 | + | chapter 870-2D, United States Public Laws 663, enacted 1946, 79th Congress, or has suitable 22 |
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| 67 | + | documentation from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to establish that the veteran: 23 |
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| 68 | + | (1) Has a combined service connected disability rating of one hundred percent (100%); or 24 |
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| 69 | + | (2) Is considered “individually unemployable” due to his or her service-connected 25 |
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| 70 | + | disability, shall be exempt from the payment of any fee for the annual registration of and a license 26 |
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| 71 | + | to operate that motor vehicle. 27 |
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| 72 | + | (b) The administrator for the division of motor vehicles shall issue to an eligible veteran 28 |
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| 73 | + | for use on an automobile, or on a commercial vehicle having a gross weight of six thousand three 29 |
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| 74 | + | hundred pounds (6,300 lbs.) twelve thousand pounds (12,000 lbs) or less, registration plates 30 |
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| 75 | + | designated “Disabled Veteran.” Upon the death of the holder of “Disabled Veteran” plates, the 31 |
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| 76 | + | plates may be transferred to his or her surviving spouse for his or her lifetime or until he or she 32 |
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| 77 | + | remarries. Only one set of “Disabled Veteran” plates shall be issued to an eligible veteran and only 33 |
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| 78 | + | after certification of eligibility from the Veterans’ Administration or other satisfactory 34 |
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| 82 | | - | bear an insignia for the Bronze Star Medal, and then a numeral or numerals. 1 |
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| 83 | | - | (c) Upon the death of the holder of any “Bronze Star Medal” plate, the plate shall be 2 |
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| 84 | | - | transferred to the surviving spouse for the spouse’s lifetime or until remarriage. 3 |
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| 85 | | - | 31-3-62. National guard plates. 4 |
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| 86 | | - | (a) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles is empowered and authorized to 5 |
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| 87 | | - | make available to all active and retired members of the Rhode Island army and air national guard a 6 |
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| 88 | | - | special motor vehicle registration plate for any motor vehicle eligible for registration as an 7 |
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| 89 | | - | automobile or a commercial vehicle having a gross weight of eight thousand-five hundred pounds 8 |
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| 90 | | - | (8,500 lbs.) twelve thousand pounds (12,000 lbs.) or less. 9 |
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| 91 | | - | (b) The special motor vehicle registration plate shall carry on it the designation “National 10 |
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| 92 | | - | Guard” and shall also carry on it an emblem on the left-hand side of the plate to be designed and 11 |
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| 93 | | - | provided by the office of the adjutant general, with the numerals to the right of it. 12 |
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| 94 | | - | (c) The administrator of the division of motor vehicles shall issue the plate upon the 13 |
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| 95 | | - | payment of a service charge of twenty dollars ($20.00) and a transfer charge of five dollars ($5.00) 14 |
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| 96 | | - | for the plate. All revenues shall be deposited as general revenues. 15 |
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| 97 | | - | (d) For the purposes of this section an active or retired member of the Rhode Island army 16 |
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| 98 | | - | and air national guard shall be defined as any person certified by the adjutant general as currently 17 |
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| 99 | | - | serving or having retired under honorable conditions in either the Rhode Island army or air national 18 |
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| 100 | | - | guard. 19 |
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| 101 | | - | (e) In a state of emergency, any active member of the army or air national guard driving a 20 |
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| 102 | | - | vehicle bearing the special motor vehicle registration plate shall be authorized and empowered to 21 |
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| 103 | | - | travel upon the highways of the state notwithstanding any driving ban imposed by any state or 22 |
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| 104 | | - | municipal authority. 23 |
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| 105 | | - | SECTION 2. Section 31-6-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 31-6 entitled "Registration 24 |
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| 106 | | - | Fees" is hereby amended to read as follows: 25 |
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| 107 | | - | 31-6-8. Disabled veterans. 26 |
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| 108 | | - | (a) Any veteran who has been honorably discharged from the service of the armed forces 27 |
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| 109 | | - | or the merchant marine of the United States in any of the wars or campaigns in which the United 28 |
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| 110 | | - | States has been engaged and who, while engaged in these wars or campaigns or as a result of 29 |
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| 111 | | - | engagement in these wars or campaigns, by reason of amputation, has lost one or both of his or her 30 |
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| 112 | | - | arms, hands, feet, or legs, or who, by reason of other permanent injury, has lost the use of one or 31 |
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| 113 | | - | both of his or her arms, hands, feet, or legs, or to whom has been granted a motor vehicle under 32 |
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| 114 | | - | chapter 870-2D, United States Public Laws 663, enacted 1946, 79th Congress, or has suitable 33 |
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| 115 | | - | documentation from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to establish that the veteran: 34 |
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| 116 | | - | |
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| 117 | | - | |
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| 119 | | - | (1) Has a combined service connected disability rating of one hundred percent (100%); or 1 |
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| 120 | | - | (2) Is considered “individually unemployable” due to his or her service-connected 2 |
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| 121 | | - | disability, shall be exempt from the payment of any fee for the annual registration of and a license 3 |
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| 122 | | - | to operate that motor vehicle. 4 |
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| 123 | | - | (b) The administrator for the division of motor vehicles shall issue to an eligible veteran 5 |
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| 124 | | - | for use on an automobile, or on a commercial vehicle having a gross weight of six thousand three 6 |
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| 125 | | - | hundred pounds (6,300 lbs.) twelve thousand pounds (12,000 lbs.) or less, registration plates 7 |
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| 126 | | - | designated “Disabled Veteran.” Upon the death of the holder of “Disabled Veteran” plates, the 8 |
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| 127 | | - | plates may be transferred to his or her surviving spouse for his or her lifetime or until he or she 9 |
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| 128 | | - | remarries. Only one set of “Disabled Veteran” plates shall be issued to an eligible veteran and only 10 |
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| 129 | | - | after certification of eligibility from the Veterans’ Administration or other satisfactory 11 |
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| 130 | | - | documentation of eligibility is presented. 12 |
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| 131 | | - | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. 13 |
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| 82 | + | documentation of eligibility is presented. 1 |
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| 83 | + | SECTION 3. This act shall take effect six (6) months after passage. 2 |
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