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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5136

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Senators Owen, Bender, Warnke, Conner, Stratton and Garrett

Read first time 1/16/87 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 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) Holds a current membership in a Washington state chapter of the Pearl Harbor survivors association.

          (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.