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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5284

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senators Owen, Bender, Conner, Saling and Rasmussen

Read first time 1/20/89 and referred to Committee on   Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to Pearl Harbor survivor plates; and amending RCW 46.16.625.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 44, Laws of 1987 and RCW 46.16.625 are each amended 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) The department may also issue such plates to the surviving spouse of any deceased former Pearl Harbor survivor, upon application, payment of fees, and furnishing of proof as required by subsection (2) of this section.

(4) 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))) (5) 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.