An Act To Allow a Person To Be Issued More than One Set of Disabled Veteran Registration Plates
Maine Legislature, Session 123, LD 0235
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: PLOWMAN, DUPREY, THOMAS
Amends: 29-A MRSA §523

Legislative Document 
No. 235 
S.P.73 
In Senate, January 16,2007 
An Act To Allow a Person To Be Issued More than One Set of 
Disabled Veteran Registration Plates 
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed. 
Presented by Senator PLOWMAN of Penobscot. 
JOY J. O'BRIEN 
Secretary of the Senate 
Cosponsored by Representatives: DUPREY of Hampden, THOMAS of Ripley. 
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §523, sub-§l, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 and 
affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read: 
1. 
Amputee or blind veterans. 
On application to the Secretary of State for 
registration of any motor vehicle of any amputee or blind veteran who has received an 
automobile from the United States Government under authority of 38 United States Code, 
Sections 3901, et seq. or any amputee or blind veteran receiving compensation from the 
Veterans Administration or any branch of the United States Armed Forces for service-
connected disability who has a specially designed motor vehicle, that veteran is entitled to 
have that automobile duly registered and a registration certificate delivered to the veteran 
without the requirement of the payment of any fee. 
Any veteran who has lost both legs or the use of both legs and who has registered a motor 
vehicle without the payment of a fee as provided in this section upon certification by the 
Veterans Administration or appropriate branch of the United States Armed Forces must 
be issued special designating plates. Those designating plates must be issued by the 
Secretary of State and must bear the words "Disabled Veteran." 
The Secretary of State may issue more than one set of disabled veteran registration plates 
to an applicant on request. 
Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §523, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2005, c. 573, §3, is further 
amended to read: 
2. 
Disabled veterans; special free license plates. 
The Secretary of State on 
application and upon evidence of payment of the excise tax required by Title 36, section 
1482, shall issue a registration certificate and set of special designating plates to be used 
in lieu of regular registration plates for a vehicle with a registered gross weight of not 
more than 9,000 pounds to any 100% disabled veteran when that application is 
accompanied by certification from the United States Veterans Administration or any 
branch of the United States Armed Forces as to the veteran's permanent disability and 
receipt of 100% service-connected benefits. The Secretary of State may issue more than 
one set of disabled veteran registration plates to an applicant on request. A disability 
placard is issued in addition to the disabled veteran registration plate at no fee. 
These special designating plates must bear the words "Disabled Veteran," which indicate 
that the vehicle is owned by a disabled veteran. 
SUMMARY 
This bill allows a veteran with disabilities to obtain more than one set of disabled 
veteran registration plates.