00                              SENATE BILL NO. 2                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to special motor vehicle registration plates for combat veterans."                                     
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 28.10.181 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                           
04 (ll)  Vehicles owned by combat veterans. The department, upon receipt of                                                
05 written proof that the combat veteran is a sole or joint owner of a motor vehicle, shall                                
06 issue special registration plates for the motor vehicle to a requesting person who is a                                 
07 combat veteran of the armed forces of the United States. The commissioner, after                                        
08 consulting with the person in the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs in                                       
09 charge of veterans' affairs, shall determine the design and color of the combat veteran                                 
10       plates. The department may disapprove the issuance of registration plates under this                              
11       subsection when the requested plates are a duplication of an existing registration.                               
12    * Sec. 2. AS 28.10.421(d)(2) is amended to read:                                                                   
13                 (2)  special request plates for                                                                         
14                      (A) Alaska National Guard personnel  ........... $30;                                              
15                      (B) veterans, retired veterans, [OR] Lao veterans, or combat                                   
01 veterans ........................................ $30;                                                              
02 (C) recipients of the Purple Heart  ...........  none;                                                                  
03 (D) recipients of the Bronze Star awarded for valor, Silver Star,                                                       
04 Navy Cross, Distinguished Service Cross, Air Force Cross, Coast Guard Cross,                                            
05 or other award reflecting valor .........................  $30;                                                         
06 (E) owners of custom collector vehicles  ........  $50;                                                                 
07 (F) Iditarod race finishers  ..................  $50;                                                                   
08 (G) other special request plates  ..............  $30;                                                                  
09 plus the fee required for that vehicle under (b) of this section; the fee required by this                              
10       paragraph shall be collected only on the first issuance and on the replacement of                                 
11       special request plates;