An Act To Honor Purple Heart A ward Recipients
Maine Legislature, Session 121, LD 0422
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: NORBERT
Amends: 29-A MRSA §515-B, 29-A MRSA §524

Legislative Document 
No. 422 
H.P.330 
House of Representatives, February 4,2003 
An Act To Honor Purple Heart A ward Recipients 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed. 
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MILLICENT M. MacFARLAND 
Clerk 
Presented by Representative NORBERT of Portland. (BY REQUEST) 
Printed on recydtd paper 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §515-B, first" 
as amended by PL 2001, c. 
361, §10, is further amended to read: 
The Secretary of State, on application and upon evidence of 
payment of the excise tax required by Title 36, section 1482 aae 
Eae--~i&~Fa~iea--~-~~~~-~--£e€~4eR--9±9, shall issue 
a 
registration 
certificate 
and 
a 
Purple 
Heart 
motorcycle 
registration plate, to be used in lieu of a regular registration 
plate, 
to 
a 
person 
who 
is 
a 
Purple 
Heart 
medal 
recipient. 
Notwithstanding section 468, 
the Secretary of State may issue 
fewer than 2,000 of the plates authorized by this section, and 
this plate does not require a sponsor. 
Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §524, sub-§4, as amended by PL 2001, c. 155, 
§2, is further amended to read: 
4. 
Purple Heart medal recipients; special license plates. 
The Secretary of State, 
on application and upon evidence of 
payment of the excise tax required by Title 36, section 1482 aae 
Eae--~i&~Fa~iea--~-~~~~-~--£e€~4eR--9G±, shall issue 
a 
registration certificate and a set of Purple Heart registration 
plates, to be used in lieu of regular registration plates, to a 
person who is a Purple Heart medal recipient. 
An application for Purple Heart plates must 
proof that the 
applicant 
has 
been 
awarded 
medal. 
The Secretary of State shall verify 
presented by the applicant. 
Misrepresentation 
violation of section 2103, subsection 5. 
be accompanied by 
the 
Purple 
Heart 
the documentation 
of documents is in 
The Secretary of State may aBly issue Purple Heart plates for 
display only on an automobile or pickup truck. 
A Purple Heart 
recipient may be issued Purple Heart plates for no more than 2 
vehicles. 
The surviving spouse of a Purple Heart recipient issued plates in 
accordance with this SUbsection may retain and display the Purple 
Heart plates as long as the surviving spouse remains unmarried. 
Upon remarriage, 
the surviving spouse may not use the Purple 
Heart plates on 
a 
motor vehicle, 
but may retain them as 
a 
keepsake. 
Upon the death of the surviving spouse, the family may 
retain the Purple Heart plates, but may not use them on a motor 
vehicle. 
The Secretary of State shall determine the design of the Purple 
Heart plate. 
Upon request and as provided by section 453, the 
Secretary of State shall issue Purple Heart plates that are also 
vani ty 
plates. 
Purple 
Heart 
vanity 
plates 
are 
issued 
in 
accordance with this section and section 453. 
The annual service 
fee of $15 for vanity plates is credited to the Highway Fund. 
A Purple Heart recipient or the surviving spouse of a Purple 
Heart recipient who does not operate a motor vehicle or register 
a motor vehicle and who otherwise qualifies for the issuance of 
special 
Purple 
Heart 
registration plates 
may 
apply 
to 
the 
Secretary of State for a special single plate recognizing that 
award. 
The Secretary of State shall design and identify these 
plates for recognition purposes only. 
Single Purple Heart 
may not be attached to a motor vehicle. 
Only one plate 
issued to each recipient and a one-time fee of $5 charged. 
single 
plates 
may be 
The Secretary of State shall begin issuing Purple Heart plates in 
accordance with this subsection no later than November 1, 1995. 
SUMMARY 
This bill exempts Purple Heart recipients in this State from 
car registration fees.