HOUSE BILL No. 5354


     October 29, 2001, Introduced by Rep. Rich Brown and referred to the Committee on Transportation.


        A bill to amend 1949 PA 300, entitled

   "Michigan vehicle code,"

   (MCL 257.1 to 257.923) by adding section 803r.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           SEC. 803R.  (1) THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL DESIGN A SPE-

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      CIAL REGISTRATION PLATE THAT IS RED IN COLOR WITH CONTRASTING

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      NUMBERS AND LETTERS WITH AN INSCRIPTION THAT SAYS "FIREFIGHTER"

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      AND A PLATE THAT IS RED IN COLOR WITH CONTRASTING NUMBERS AND

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      LETTERS WITH AN INSCRIPTION THAT SAYS "EMT".  THE WORD "MICHIGAN"

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      SHALL APPEAR ON THE SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE.

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           (2) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS A FIREFIGHTER AND AN INDIVIDUAL WHO

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      IS A CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN MAY APPLY TO THE SEC-

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      RETARY OF STATE FOR THE APPROPRIATE SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE

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      DEVELOPED UNDER THIS SECTION.




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           (3) APPLICATION FOR A SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATE UNDER THIS

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      SECTION SHALL BE ON A FORM PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE

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      TOGETHER WITH PROOF, SATISFACTORY TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE, THAT

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      THE APPLICANT IS A FIREFIGHTER OR A CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MEDICAL

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      TECHNICIAN, AS APPROPRIATE.

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           (4) UPON RECEIPT OF A PROPERLY COMPLETED APPLICATION AND

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      PAYMENT OF THE REGULAR REGISTRATION TAX AND A $5.00 SERVICE FEE,

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      THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL ISSUE THE APPROPRIATE SPECIAL REGIS-

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      TRATION PLATE.

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           (5) A RENEWAL TAB SHALL BE ISSUED UPON PAYMENT OF THE REGU-

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      LAR REGISTRATION TAX AND SUFFICIENT PROOF THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS

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      STILL A FIREFIGHTER OR A CERTIFIED EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN.

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      A SERVICE FEE SHALL NOT BE COLLECTED FOR A RENEWAL TAB.































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