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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6043

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senator Smitherman

Read first time 2/24/89 and referred to Committee on  Transportation.

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 veteran of the Guadalcanal campaign of World War II if he or she:

          (a) Was a member of the allied armed forces between August 7, 1942, and February 17, 1943;

          (b) Took part in the campaign to liberate Guadalcanal from Japanese occupation;

          (c) Received an honorable discharge from the allied armed forces; and

          (d) Is certified by a Washington state chapter of the Guadalcanal campaign veterans' 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.