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CSHB 245(MLV): "An Act relating to motor vehicle registration plates and fees for Purple Heart recipients, prisoners of war, Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, and spouses of current prisoners of war."

00 CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 245(MLV) 01 "An Act relating to motor vehicle registration plates and fees for Purple Heart 02 recipients, prisoners of war, Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, and spouses of 03 current prisoners of war." 04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 05 * Section 1. AS 28.10.181(l) is amended to read: 06 (l) Vehicles owned by Pearl Harbor survivors, [AND] former prisoners of war, 07 current prisoners of war, and spouses of current prisoners of war. The 08 department, upon receipt of written proof, shall issue without charge special 09 registration plates for one noncommercial motor vehicle to a person who was on active 10 military duty in Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, or to a person who is or has been 11 a prisoner of war or is the spouse of a current prisoner of war during a declared war 12 or other conflict, as determined by the Department of Defense under federal 13 regulations. The design and color of the Pearl Harbor survivor or prisoner of war 14 plates shall be solely within the discretion of the commissioner.

01 * Sec. 2. AS 28.10.181 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 02 (x) Special request plates commemorating Congressional Medal of Honor 03 recipients. The department, upon receipt of written proof, shall issue without charge 04 special registration plates for one noncommercial motor vehicle to a person who was 05 awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. The commissioner, after consulting with 06 the director of the division of veterans affairs, shall determine the design and color of 07 the Congressional Medal of Honor plates. 08 * Sec. 3. AS 28.10.421(d)(2) is amended to read: 09 (2) special request plates for 10 (A) Alaska National Guard personnel .............................. $30; 11 (B) veterans or retired veterans ........................................ $30; 12 (C) recipients of the Purple Heart ..........................none [$30]; 13 (D) owners of custom collector vehicles .......................... $50; 14 (E) other special request plates ......................................... $30; 15 plus the fee required for that vehicle under (b) of this section; the fee required 16 by this paragraph shall be collected only on the first issuance and on the 17 replacement of special request plates; 18 * Sec. 4. AS 28.10.421(d)(11) is amended to read: 19 (11) a vehicle owned by a Pearl Harbor survivor, [OR] a current or 20 former prisoner of war, or the spouse of a current prisoner of war................. none; 21 * Sec. 5. AS 28.10.421(d) is amended by adding a new paragraph to read: 22 (17) special request plates commemorating Congressional Medal of 23 Honor recipients..................................................................................................