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                                         SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 5136

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Owen, Bender, Warnke, Conner, Stratton and Garrett)

Read first time 1/29/87.

AN ACT Relating to motor vehicle license plates; and adding a new section to chapter 46.16 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 46.16 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) A resident of this state may, in addition to the application required by RCW 46.16.040, apply to the department for a set of license plates designed by the department to indicate that the recipient of the plates is a survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor if he or she:

          (a) Was a member of the United States Armed Forces on December 7, 1941;

          (b) Was on station on December 7, 1941, during the hours of 7:55 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Hawaii time at Pearl Harbor, the island of Oahu, or offshore at a distance not to exceed three miles;

          (c) Received an honorable discharge from the United States Armed Forces; and

          (d) Is certified by a Washington state chapter of the Pearl Harbor survivors association as satisfying the qualifications in (b) of this subsection.

          (2) The plates shall be issued upon payment of the regular license fee and furnishing of proof satisfactory to the department that the recipient fulfills the requirements provided by subsection (1) of this section.  Only one motor vehicle owned by the applicant may be so licensed at any one time.

          (3) If the license plates issued pursuant to this section are lost, stolen, or mutilated, the recipient of the plates shall be issued replacement plates upon request and without charge.

          (4) The plate shall remain with the recipient upon transfer or other disposition of the vehicle, and may be used on another motor vehicle registered to the recipient in accordance with the provisions of RCW 46.16.595 for such transfers.

                                                                                                                      Passed the Senate February 11, 1987.

                                                                                                                                       President of the Senate.

                                                                                                                             Passed the House April 2, 1987.

                                                                                                                                         Speaker of the House.