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S1365aa...................................................by TRANSPORTATION
PURPLE HEART LICENSE PLATES - Amends existing law to allow the surviving
spouse of a purple heart recipient to continue to display the purple heart
license plate.
01/30 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/02 Rpt prt - to Transp
02/06 Rpt out - to 14th Ord
02/13 Rpt out amen - to engros
02/16 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
02/17 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
02/23 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 35-0-0
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Hansen,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Parry,
Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stennett,
Sweeney, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--None
Floor Sponsor - Branch
Title apvd - to House
02/24 House intro - 1st rdg as amen - to Transp
03/11 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/12 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/13 3rd rdg as amen - PASSED - 65-0-5
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
Black(15), Boe, Bruneel, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crane, Cuddy, Deal,
Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould,
Hadley, Hansen, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(22), Jones(20),
Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander, Kunz, Lake, Linford,
Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mortensen,
Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger, Robison,
Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone, Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman,
Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Black(23), Callister, Crow, Jones(9),
Mr Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Wood
Title apvd - to Senate
03/16 To enrol
03/17 Rpt enrol - Pres signed
03/18 Sp signed - to Governor
03/24 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 329
Effective: 03/24/98
S1365|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE SENATE SENATE BILL NO. 1365, As Amended BY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO PURPLE HEART RECIPIENTS; AMENDING SECTION 49-403A, IDAHO CODE, TO 3 ALLOW THE SPOUSE OF A DECEASED PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT TO RETAIN AND DIS- 4 PLAY PURPLE HEART LICENSE PLATES AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION; AND 5 DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. 6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 7 SECTION 1. That Section 49-403A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 8 amended to read as follows: 9 49-403A. PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT -- LICENSE PLATES. (1) Purple heart 10 recipient license plates are available to any applicant who is a veteran or an 11 active or retired member of any of the armed forces of the United States, 12 reserve forces or Idaho national guard, and who furnishes proof of entitlement 13 by providing one (1) of the following documents: 14 (a) A copy of form DD214 or equivalent document showing an award of the 15 purple heart medal; 16 (b) A copy of the certificate presented with the medal; or 17 (c) A copy of the military order describing the award of the medal to the 18 applicant. 19 (2) In addition to the regular registration fee, the applicant shall be 20 charged the plate fee required in section 49-450, Idaho Code. Whenever title 21 or interest in a vehicle registered under the provisions of this section is 22 transferred or assigned, the registration shall expire, but the purple heart 23 recipient may transfer his plates to another vehicle upon payment of the 24 required transfer fees. He may only display the plates after receipt of new 25 registration from the department. A purple heart recipient shall not register 26 more than two (2) vehicles under the provisions of this section. 27 (3) Purple heart recipient license plates may be retained and dis- 28 played on vehicles owned by the surviving spouse of a deceased purple heart 29 recipient. 30 (4) The purple heart recipient license plates shall be of a color 31 and design acceptable to the military order of the purple heart association 32 and approved by the department, utilizing a numbering system as determined by 33 the department. 34 SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby 35 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its 36 passage and approval.
STATEMENT
OF PURPOSE
RS 07655
The purpose of this legislation is to allow the surviving
spouse of Purple Heart recipient license plates to retain and
display those license plates on the vehicle owned by the
surviving spouse of a deceased Purple Heart recipient.
FISCAL NOTE
No fiscal impact is expected with this
change.
Contact: Senator Ric
Branch Phone: (208)
332-1345
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE
Bill No S1365