| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §515-B is enacted to read: |
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| | | §515-B.__Purple Heart medal recipients; special motorcycle |
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| | | The Secretary of State, on application and upon evidence of | | payment of the excise tax required by Title 36, section 1482, the | | registration fee required by section 515 and a one-time | | additional fee of $5, shall issue a registration certificate and | | a set of Purple Heart motorcycle registration plates, to be used | | in lieu of regular registration plates, to a person who is a | | Purple Heart medal recipient.__The one-time additional fee of $5 | | is credited to the Highway Fund for administrative and production | | costs. |
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| | | An application for Purple Heart motorcycle registration plates | | must be accompanied by proof that the applicant has been awarded | | the Purple Heart medal.__The Secretary of State shall verify the | | documentation presented by the applicant.__Misrepresentation of | | documents is in violation of section 2103, subsection 5. |
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| | | The surviving spouse of a Purple Heart recipient issued | | motorcycle registration plates in accordance with this subsection | | may retain and display the Purple Heart plates as long as the | | surviving spouse remains unmarried.__Upon remarriage, the | | surviving spouse may not use the Purple Heart plates on a | | motorcycle, but may retain them as a keepsake.__Upon the death of | | the surviving spouse, the family may retain the Purple Heart | | plates, but may not use them on a motorcycle. |
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| | | The Secretary of State shall determine the design of the | | Purple Heart motorcycle registration plate.__Upon request and as | | provided by section 453, the Secretary of State shall issue | | Purple Heart motorcycle registration plates that are also vanity | | plates.__Purple Heart vanity plates are issued in accordance with | | this section and section 453.__The annual service fee of $15 for | | vanity plates is credited to the Highway Fund. |
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| | | A Purple Heart recipient or the surviving spouse of a Purple | | Heart recipient who does not operate a motorcycle or register a | | motorcycle and who otherwise qualifies for the issuance of | | special Purple Heart motorcycle registration plates may apply to | | the Secretary of State for a special single plate recognizing | | that award.__The Secretary of State shall design and identify | | these special single plates for recognition purposes only.__ | | Special single plates may not be attached to a motorcycle.__Only |
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