00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 245(FIN)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to motor vehicle registration plates and fees for Purple Heart                                         
02 recipients and Congressional Medal of Honor recipients; and providing for an effective                                  
03 date."                                                                                                                  
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       and Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. The department, upon receipt of                                  
08       written proof, shall issue without charge special registration plates for one                                     
09       noncommercial motor vehicle to a person who was on active military duty in Pearl                                  
10       Harbor on December 7, 1941, [OR] who has been a prisoner of war during a declared                                 
11       war or other conflict, as determined by the Department of Defense under federal                                   
12       regulations, or who is the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. The                                 
13       design and color of the Pearl Harbor survivor, [OR] prisoner of war, or Congressional                     
14       Medal of Honor recipient plates shall be solely within the discretion of the                                  
01       commissioner.                                                                                                     
02    * Sec. 2.  AS 28.10.421(d)(2) is amended to read:                                                                  
03                 (2)  special request plates for                                                                         
04                      (A)  Alaska National Guard personnel .............................. $30;                           
05                      (B)  veterans or retired veterans ........................................ $30;                    
06                      (C)  recipients of the Purple Heart ..........................none [$30];                      
07                      (D)  owners of custom collector vehicles .......................... $50;                           
08                      (E)  other special request plates ......................................... $30;                   
09            plus the fee required for that vehicle under (b) of this section; the fee required                           
10            by this paragraph shall be collected only on the first issuance and on the                                   
11            replacement of special request plates;                                                                       
12    * Sec. 3. AS 28.10.421(d)(11) is amended to read:                                                                  
13                 (11)  a vehicle owned by a Pearl Harbor survivor, [OR] a former                                     
14       prisoner of war, or a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor............. none;                        
15    * Sec. 4. This Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c).