HB 92: "An Act relating to special request Lao veteran registration plates; and providing for an effective date."
00 HOUSE BILL NO. 92 01 "An Act relating to special request Lao veteran registration plates; and providing for an 02 effective date." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 28.10.181 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 05 (bb) Special request Lao veteran plates. On written application by the owner 06 of a motor vehicle, the department may issue registration plates commemorating the 07 owner's service in combat in support of United States military operations in the 08 Kingdom of Laos between February 28, 1961, and May 15, 1975. The commissioner 09 shall determine the design and color of the Lao veteran plates in consultation with 10 veteran's and Hmong community organizations in the state. To be issued a registration 11 plate under this subsection, the owner must present evidence satisfactory to the 12 department that the owner served in combat as required by this subsection. The 13 department may disapprove the issuance of registration plates under this subsection 14 when the requested plates are a duplicate of an existing registration.
01 * Sec. 2. AS 28.10.421(d)(2) is amended to read: 02 (2) special request plates for 03 (A) Alaska National Guard personnel .............................. $30; 04 (B) veterans, [OR] retired veterans, or Lao veterans ...... $30; 05 (C) recipients of the Purple Heart ................................... none; 06 (D) owners of custom collector vehicles .......................... $50; 07 (E) Iditarod race finishers ................................................. $50; 08 (F) 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; 12 * Sec. 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2012.