2018-05-09                     House Journal                      Page 3617
     special registration plates for vehicles owned by veterans with                                                            
     disabilities."                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     (HCR 32 - title change resolution)                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Amendment No. 1 was offered  by Representative Eastman:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
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     Delete "and"                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
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     Insert "; and relating to commendation and recognition of                                                              
individual veterans along certain veterans' memorial roads and on                                                             
certain veterans' memorial bridges"                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
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     Insert new bill sections to read:                                                                                          
"* Section 5. AS 35.40.035 is amended by adding new subsections                                                               
to read:                                                                                                                        
         (g)  The Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs shall                                                            
     accept nominations from veterans' organizations identified under                                                           
     26 U.S.C. 501(c)(19) (Internal Revenue Code) for commendation                                                              
     and for recognition of an individual veteran on a veterans'                                                                
     memorial as provided in this section. A veterans' organization                                                             
     shall submit to the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs,                                                          
     with a nomination for an individual veteran under this subsection,                                                         
     a copy of the veteran's certificate of release or discharge from                                                           
     active duty issued by the United States Department of Defense or                                                           
     a similar document issued by a state or federal agency. On the first                                                       
     day of each legislative session, the Department of Military and                                                            
     Veterans' Affairs shall submit to the president of the senate and                                                          
     the speaker of the house of representatives a list of nominations                                                          
     received under this subsection during the previous calendar year,                                                          
     including, for each nomination, the name of the veteran and the                                                            
     nominating veterans' organization. The Department of Military                                                              
     and Veterans' Affairs may not submit the name of a living veteran                                                          
     to the legislature unless the department receives approval from the                                                        
     veteran to do so. The legislature may commend one or more