House Introduced Bill 4931

HOUSE BILL No. 4931


     June 12, 2001, Introduced by Reps. Julian, Raczkowski, Howell, Vander Roest, DeRossett, Gilbert, Richardville, Middaugh, Pappageorge,
Woronchak, Mortimer, Newell, Shackleton, Stewart, Pumford, Vander Veen, Voorhees, Vear, Lockwood and Jansen and referred to the Committee on
Transportation.


        A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

   "Michigan vehicle code,"

   by amending sections 803e, 803f, 803j, 803k, 803l, 803n, and 803o

   (MCL 257.803e, 257.803f, 257.803j, 257.803k, 257.803l, 257.803n,

   and 257.803o), sections 803e and 803f as amended by 1998 PA 68,

   sections 803j, 803k, 803n, and 803o as amended by 1999 PA 183,

   and section 803l as amended by 2000 PA 77.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 803e.  (1) A person who  has been  WAS a prisoner of

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      war may  make application  APPLY to the secretary of state for a

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      special registration plate  which shall be  THAT IS inscribed

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      with special identification numbers preceded by the letters

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      "EX-POW" and  shall have  HAS the words "ex-prisoner of war"

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      inscribed beneath the registration number.




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           (2) A person who was a member of the armed services during

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      World War I may  make application  APPLY to the secretary of

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      state for a special registration plate,  which shall be  THAT IS

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      inscribed with special identification numbers preceded by the

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      letters "WWI" and  shall have  HAS the words "World War I

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      veteran" inscribed beneath the registration number.

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           (3) A person who was a member of the armed services during

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      1941, stationed at a United States military or naval establish-

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      ment at Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian islands, and who survived

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      the attack by Japan on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 may  make

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      application  APPLY to the secretary of state for a special regis-

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      tration plate,  which shall be  THAT IS inscribed with special

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      identification numbers and  shall have  HAS the words "Pearl

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      Harbor survivor" inscribed beneath the registration number.

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           (4) A person who is a recipient of the purple heart medal

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      may  make application  APPLY to the secretary of state for a spe-

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      cial registration plate  which shall be  THAT IS inscribed with

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      special identification numbers and  shall have  HAS the words

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      "combat wounded veteran" inscribed beneath the registration

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      number.  In addition, the special registration plate described

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      under this subsection shall be inscribed with a vignette of the

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      official purple heart medal.

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           (5) Application for a special registration plate shall be on

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      a form prescribed by the secretary of state, and shall be accom-

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      panied by any proof  of  THAT the applicant  having been  WAS
   a

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      prisoner of war, World War I veteran, Pearl Harbor survivor, or

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      recipient of the purple heart medal  which  THAT the secretary of



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      state may require.   The application for a special registration

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      plate shall also be accompanied with payment of a $5.00 service

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      fee.

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           (6) Upon proper application,  and payment of the $5.00 serv-

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      ice fee,  the secretary of state shall issue 1 or more special

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      registration plates for each applicant for use on a passenger

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      vehicle.  A person who is disabled who  makes application

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      APPLIES for a special registration plate under this section  and

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      who makes payment of the $5.00 service fee  shall be issued a tab

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      for persons with disabilities as provided in section 803f for his

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      or her special registration plate.  The secretary of state shall

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      require the same proof that the applicant is a disabled person as

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      is required for issuance of a permanent windshield placard under

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      section 675.  A person is entitled to 1 special registration

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      plate issued under  subsection (1) which  THIS SECTION THAT is

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      exempt from payment of the tax provided in section 801.  A person

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      who is issued an additional special registration plate under

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       subsection (1)  THIS SECTION shall be assessed the applicable

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      tax provided for in section 801.   A person issued 1 or more spe-

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      cial registration plates under subsection (2), (3), or (4) shall

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      be assessed the applicable tax provided in section 801.

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           (7) The use of a special registration plate on a vehicle

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      other than the vehicle for which the plate is issued, or by a

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      person who does not qualify under this section, is a

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      misdemeanor.

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           (8) The special registration plate issued under this section

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      expires on the birthday of the vehicle owner in a year in which



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      new plates are issued by the secretary of state.   Application

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      AN APPLICANT for renewal of the special registration plate  shall

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      be accompanied by a $5.00 service fee.  The applicant  is not

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      required to furnish the proof  provided in  REQUIRED UNDER sub-

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      section (5).

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           Sec. 803f.  (1) A person who is a totally disabled veteran

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      with an honorable discharge from the armed services may  make an

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      application  APPLY to the secretary of state if he or she owns a

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      private passenger motor vehicle, and the secretary of state may

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      issue a special registration plate which  shall be  IS inscribed

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      with special identification numbers preceded by the letters "DV"

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      and  shall have  HAS the words "disabled veteran" inscribed

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      beneath the registration number.   For the purposes of  AS USED

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      IN this section, "private passenger motor vehicle" means a motor

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      vehicle which is personally owned by the disabled veteran and is

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      used for the primary purpose of transporting the disabled veteran

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      and family members of the disabled veteran, but does not include

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      a motor home.

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           (2) Application for the special registration plate shall be

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      on a form prescribed by the secretary of state, and shall be

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      accompanied by  a service fee of $5.00 and  proof that the appli-

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      cant was honorably discharged from the armed services and either

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      1 of the following:

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           (a) That the applicant has been determined by the veterans'

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      administration of the federal government to have a

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      service-connected total or permanent total disability rating for

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      compensation.



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           (b) That the applicant has been determined to have a

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      service-connected total or permanent total disability rating and

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      is receiving disability retirement pay from a branch of the uni-

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      formed armed services.

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           (3) A special registration PLATE issued under this section

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      is exempt from payment of the tax provided in section 801.

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           (4) The special registration plate shall expire on the

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      birthday of the disabled veteran in a year in which new plates

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      are issued by the secretary of state.   Application  AN APPLICANT

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      for renewal of the special registration plate  shall be accom-

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      panied by a $5.00 service fee.  The applicant shall  IS not 
   be

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      required to furnish the proof  provided in  REQUIRED UNDER sub-

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      section (2).

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           (5) The secretary of state may issue to a disabled person

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      who has been issued a special registration plate under this sec-

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      tion a tab for persons with disabilities.  The tab for persons

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      with disabilities shall be an adhesive tab displaying the inter-

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      national wheelchair symbol or a reasonable facsimile of that

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      symbol.  The tab for persons with disabilities may be attached

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      only to the special registration plate issued to the disabled

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      person under this section.

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           (6) An application for a tab for persons with disabilities

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      shall be on a form prescribed by the secretary of state.  The

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      secretary of state shall require the same proof that the appli-

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      cant is a disabled person as is required for issuance of a per-

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      manent windshield placard under section 675.





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           (7) The tab for persons with disabilities shall be issued

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      free of charge.

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           (8) When a disabled person who has been issued a tab for

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      persons with disabilities renews his or her special registration

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      plate under this section, the secretary of state shall issue a

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      new tab for persons with disabilities to the disabled person,

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      free of charge.  The disabled person shall not be required to

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      again furnish the proof required under subsection (6).

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           (9) The use of the special registration plate or a tab for

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      persons with disabilities on a motor vehicle other than the motor

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      vehicle for which the special registration plate is issued, or by

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      a person who does not qualify under this section, is a

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      misdemeanor.

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           Sec. 803j.  (1) A person who was a member of the armed serv-

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      ices or a person whose spouse was a member of the armed forces

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      during the Korean War may  make application  APPLY to the secre-

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      tary of state for a special registration plate,  which shall

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      display  THAT DISPLAYS an appropriate vignette preceding the reg-

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      istration numbers and  shall have  HAS the word "veteran"

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      inscribed beneath the registration numbers.

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           (2) Application for a special registration plate shall be on

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      a form prescribed by the secretary of state, and shall be accom-

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      panied by any proof of the applicant or the applicant's spouse

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      having been a Korean War veteran that the secretary of state may

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      require.   The application for a special registration plate shall

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      also be accompanied with payment of a $5.00 service fee.





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           (3) Upon proper application,  and payment of the $5.00

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      service fee,  the secretary of state shall issue 1 or more

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      special registration plates for each applicant for use on a pas-

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      senger vehicle.  A person who is disabled who makes application

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      for a special registration plate under this section  and who

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      makes payment of the $5.00 service fee  shall be issued a tab for

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      persons with disabilities as provided in section 803f for his or

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      her special registration plate.  The secretary of state shall

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      require the same proof that the applicant is a disabled person as

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      is required for issuance of a permanent windshield placard under

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      section 675.   A person issued 1 or more special registration

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      plates under subsection (1) shall be assessed the applicable tax

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      provided in section 801.

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           (4) A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION

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      IS EXEMPT FROM THE PAYMENT OF THE TAX PROVIDED IN SECTION 801.

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           (5)  (4)  The use of a special registration plate on a vehi-

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      cle other than the vehicle for which the plate is issued, or by a

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      person who does not qualify under this section, is a

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      misdemeanor.

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           (6)  (5)  The special registration plate issued under this

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      section shall expire on the birthday of the vehicle owner.   When

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      new plates are issued by the secretary of state, application  AN

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      APPLICANT for renewal of the special registration plate  shall be

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      accompanied by a $5.00 service fee.  The applicant shall not be

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      IS NOT required to furnish the proof  provided in REQUIRED UNDER

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      subsection (2).





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           Sec. 803k.  (1) A person who was a member of the armed

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      services during the Vietnam War or a person whose spouse was a

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      member of the armed services during the Vietnam War may make

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      application to the secretary of state for a special registration

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      plate,  which shall display  THAT DISPLAYS an appropriate

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      vignette preceding the registration numbers and  shall have  HAS

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      the word "veteran" inscribed beneath the registration numbers.

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           (2) Application for a special registration plate shall be on

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      a form prescribed by the secretary of state, and shall be accom-

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      panied by any proof of the applicant or applicant's spouse having

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      been a Vietnam War veteran that the secretary of state may

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      require.   The application for a special registration plate shall

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      also be accompanied with payment of a $5.00 service fee.

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           (3) Upon proper application,  and payment of the $5.00 serv-

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      ice fee,  the secretary of state shall issue 1 or more special

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      registration plates for each applicant for use on a passenger

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      vehicle.  A person who is disabled who makes application for a

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      special registration plate under this section  and who makes pay-

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      ment of the $5.00 service fee  shall be issued a tab for persons

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      with disabilities as provided in section 803f for his or her spe-

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      cial registration plate.  The secretary of state shall require

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      the same proof that the applicant is a disabled person  as  THAT

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      is required for issuance of a permanent windshield placard under

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      section 675.   A person issued 1 or more special registration

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      plates under subsection (1) shall be assessed the applicable tax

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      provided in section 801.





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           (4) A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION

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      IS EXEMPT FROM PAYMENT OF THE TAX PROVIDED IN SECTION 801.

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           (5)  (4)  The use of a special registration plate on a vehi-

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      cle other than the vehicle for which the plate is issued, or by a

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      person who does not qualify under this section, is a

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      misdemeanor.

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           (6)  (5)  The special registration plate issued under this

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      section shall expire on the birthday of the vehicle owner.   When

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      new plates are issued by the secretary of state, application  AN

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      APPLICANT for renewal of the special registration plate  shall be

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      accompanied by a $5.00 service fee.  The applicant shall not be

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      IS NOT required to furnish the proof  provided in  REQUIRED UNDER

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      subsection (2).

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           Sec. 803l.  (1) A person who was a member of the armed serv-

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      ices during World War II or a person whose spouse was a member of

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      the armed services during World War II may  make application

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      APPLY to the secretary of state for a special registration plate,

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       which shall display  THAT DISPLAYS an appropriate vignette pre-

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      ceding the registration numbers and  shall have  HAS the word

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      "veteran" inscribed beneath the registration numbers.

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           (2) Application for a special registration plate shall be on

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      a form prescribed by the secretary of state, and shall be accom-

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      panied by any proof of the applicant or applicant's spouse having

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      been a World War II veteran that the secretary of state may

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      require.   The application for a special registration plate shall

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      also be accompanied with payment of a $5.00 service fee.





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           (3) Upon proper application,  and payment of the $5.00

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      service fee,  the secretary of state shall issue 1 special

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      registration plate for each applicant for use on a passenger

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      vehicle.  A person who is disabled who  makes application

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      APPLIES for a special registration plate under this section  and

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      who makes payment of the $5.00 service fee  shall be issued a tab

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      for persons with disabilities as provided in section 803f for his

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      or her special registration plate.  The secretary of state shall

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      require the same proof that the applicant is a disabled person as

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      is required for issuance of a permanent windshield placard under

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      section 675.   A person issued a special registration plate under

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      subsection (1) shall be assessed the applicable tax provided in

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      section 801.

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           (4) A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION

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      IS EXEMPT FROM THE PAYMENT OF THE TAX PROVIDED IN SECTION 801.

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           (5)  (4)  The use of a special registration plate on a vehi-

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      cle other than the vehicle for which the plate is issued, or by a

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      person who does not qualify under this section, is a

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      misdemeanor.

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           (6)  (5)  The special registration plate issued under this

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      section shall expire on the birthday of the vehicle owner.   When

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      new plates are issued by the secretary of state, application  AN

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      APPLICANT for renewal of the special registration plate  shall be

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      accompanied by a $5.00 service fee.  The applicant shall not be

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      IS NOT required to furnish the proof  provided in  REQUIRED UNDER

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      subsection (2).





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           Sec. 803n.  (1) A person who was a member or a person whose

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      spouse was a member of the Michigan national guard, the United

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      States armed forces reserve, or any branch of the armed services

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      of the United States and who was called to active duty during the

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      Persian Gulf War may apply to the secretary of state for a spe-

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      cial registration plate,  which shall display  THAT DISPLAYS an

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      appropriate vignette preceding the registration numbers and

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       shall have  HAS the word "veteran" inscribed beneath the regis-

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      tration numbers.

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           (2) A person who was a member or a person whose spouse was a

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      member of the armed services during the conflict in Grenada, the

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      conflict in Panama, or the conflict in Lebanon may apply to the

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      secretary of state for a special registration plate,  which shall

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      display  THAT DISPLAYS an appropriate vignette preceding the reg-

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      istration numbers and  shall have  HAS the word "veteran"

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      inscribed beneath the registration numbers.

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           (3) Application for a special registration plate shall be on

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      a form prescribed by the secretary of state, and shall be accom-

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      panied by any proof of the applicant or applicant's spouse having

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      been a war or conflict veteran that the secretary of state may

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      require.   The application for a special registration plate shall

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      also be accompanied with payment of a $5.00 service fee.

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           (4) A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION

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      IS EXEMPT FROM THE PAYMENT OF THE TAX PROVIDED IN SECTION 801.

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           (5)  (4)  Upon proper application,  and payment of the $5.00

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      service fee,  the secretary of state shall issue 1 or more

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      special registration plates for each applicant for use on a



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      passenger vehicle.  A person who is disabled who applies for a

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      special registration plate under this section  and who pays the

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      $5.00 service fee  shall be issued a tab for persons with dis-

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      abilities as provided in section 803f for his or her special reg-

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      istration plate.  The secretary of state shall require the same

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      proof that the applicant is a disabled person as is required for

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      issuance of a permanent windshield placard under section 675.   A

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      person issued 1 or more special registration plates under

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      subsection (1) or (2) shall be assessed the applicable tax pro-

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      vided in section 801.

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           (6)  (5)  The use of a special registration plate on a vehi-

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      cle other than the vehicle for which the plate is issued, or by a

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      person who does not qualify under this section, is a

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      misdemeanor.

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           (7)  (6)  The special registration plate issued under this

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      section shall expire on the birthday of the vehicle owner.   When

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      new plates are issued by the secretary of state, application  AN

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      APPLICANT for renewal of the special registration plate  shall be

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      accompanied by a $5.00 service fee.  The applicant shall not be

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      IS NOT required to furnish the proof  provided in  REQUIRED UNDER

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      subsection (3).

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           Sec. 803o.  (1)  On and after December 18, 1992, a  A person

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      who was a member or a person whose spouse was a member of the

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      Michigan national guard, the United States armed forces reserve,

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      or any branch of the armed services of the United States and who

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      was called to active duty during a declared war or an armed

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      conflict in which the United States was a participant may apply



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      to the secretary of state for a special registration plate,

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       which shall display  THAT DISPLAYS an appropriate vignette pre-

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      ceding the registration numbers and  shall have  HAS the word

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      "veteran" inscribed beneath the registration numbers.

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           (2) Application for a special registration plate shall be on

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      a form prescribed by the secretary of state, and shall be accom-

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      panied by any proof of the applicant or applicant's spouse having

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      been a veteran of a declared war or an armed conflict in which

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      the United States was a participant that the secretary of state

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      may require.   The application for a special registration plate

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      shall also be accompanied with payment of a $5.00 service fee.

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           (3) Upon proper application,  and payment of the $5.00 serv-

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      ice fee,  the secretary of state shall issue 1 or more special

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      registration plates for each applicant for use on a passenger

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      vehicle.  A person who is disabled who applies for a special reg-

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      istration plate under this section  and who pays the $5.00 serv-

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      ice fee  shall be issued a tab for persons with disabilities as

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      provided in section 803f for his or her special registration

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      plate.  The secretary of state shall require the same proof that

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      the applicant is a disabled person as is required for issuance of

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      a permanent windshield placard under section 675.   A person

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      issued 1 or more special registration plates under subsection (1)

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      shall be assessed the applicable tax provided in section 801.

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           (4) A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE ISSUED UNDER THIS SECTION

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      IS EXEMPT FROM THE PAYMENT OF THE TAX PROVIDED IN SECTION 801.

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           (5)  (4)  The use of a special registration plate on a

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      vehicle other than the vehicle for which the plate is issued, or



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      by a person who does not qualify under this section, is a

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      misdemeanor.

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           (6)  (5)  The special registration plate issued under this

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      section shall expire on the birthday of the vehicle owner.   When

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      new plates are issued by the secretary of state, application  AN

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      APPLICANT for renewal of the special registration plate  shall be

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      accompanied by a $5.00 service fee.  The applicant shall not be

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      IS NOT required to furnish the proof provided in subsection (2).








































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