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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6178

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

By Senators Smitherman, Bauer, Rasmussen, Anderson and Conner

Prefiled with Secretary of the Senate 1/5/90.  Read first time 1/8/90 and referred to Committee on  Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to remembrance tabs for honorably discharged veterans; 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) The department shall issue upon payment of usual licensing fees and  proof from an honorably discharged veteran, a remembrance tab depicting the United States and Washington state flag crossed.

          (2) A remembrance tab shall be placed on the license plate of the veteran's motor vehicle, in an area designated by rule of the department.

          (3) A veteran requesting remembrance tabs from the department shall provide a copy of his or her discharge papers (DD-214) along with payment of the usual licensing fee.  A veteran requesting a remembrance tab or tabs must be the legal or registered owner of the motor vehicle on which remembrance tabs are to be displayed.