‘An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Gold Star Family Registration Plate’
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Session - 127th Maine Legislature C "A", Filing Number H-8, Sponsored by
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LR 653 Item 2 |
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Amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting the following:
‘An Act To Amend the Laws Governing the Gold Star Family Registration Plate’
Amend the bill by inserting after the enacting clause and before section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §524-B, sub-§§1 and 2, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 246, §1, are amended to read:
(1) An international terrorist attack against the United States or a foreign nation friendly to the United States, recognized as such an attack by the United States Secretary of Defense; or
(2) Military operations while serving outside the United States, including the commonwealths, territories and possessions of the United States, as a part of a peacekeeping force . ;
The Secretary of State may issue gold star family registration plates for display only on an automobile or pickup truck. An applicant may be issued gold star family registration plates for no more than one vehicle.’
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 2. Contingent effective date. That section of this Act that amends the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 29-A, section 524-B, subsections 1 and 2 does not take effect unless the Department of the Secretary of State receives donations from any public or private source to cover the costs of gold star family registration plates for those eligible as a result of this Act. Donations under this section must be deposited into the Specialty License Plate Fund established in Title 29-A, section 469. The Secretary of State shall notify the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Revisor of Statutes when the Department of the Secretary of State has received the donations required under this section.’
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
SUMMARY
This amendment provides for issuance of gold star family registration plates for family members, including grandparents, of a person who dies while honorably serving as an active member of the United States Armed Forces who did not fit the gold star lapel button guidelines established in 10 United States Code, Section 1126 (2010) rather than establishing a new honorable service military family registration plate as proposed by the bill. The amendment also provides that the issuance of gold star family registration plates for those newly eligible is contingent upon the Department of the Secretary of State receiving donations from any public or private source to cover the cost of the registration plates. The amendment retains the provision of the bill providing for the issuance of gold star family vanity registration plates.