Budget Amendment ID: FY2012-S3-404

TRP 404

ACTIVE DUTY LICENSE PLATES

Messrs. Tarr, Knapik and Richard T. Moore moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after Section __, the following new Section:-

“SECTION ___. Section 7 of Chapter 4 of the General Laws as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph-:

Fifty-ninth, “Active Duty” as used in Section 2 of Chapter 90 shall mean full-time duty in active military service of the United States, provided that this term shall include the period during which a person in active military service is absent from duty as result of illness, being wounded, being on leave, or other lawful cause.

SECTION 2.   Section 2 of Chapter 90 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 official edition is hereby amended by inserting, as a new paragraph, after the word “registration.” in line 423 the following language-:

The registrar shall furnish, upon request, to owners of private passenger motor vehicles and motorcycles who are residents of the state and serving in active duty as defined in clause Fifty-nine of section seven of chapter four and upon presentation of evidence deemed satisfactory by the registrar, a distinctive emblem to be affixed to the plate which identifies the branch of the armed services in which such owner serves.  The registrar may charge a fee directly attributable to the cost of issuance of such emblem, provided however this fee is not in excess of $20.”