An Act To Allow Disabled Veterans To Have More Than One Set of Disabled Veteran License Plates
Maine Legislature, Session 128, LD 0210
Committee: Transportation
Sponsors: WALLACE, WHITTEMORE, BLACK, FARRIN, KINNEY, PICCHIOTTI, SIMMONS, TURNER, DAVIS
Amends: 29-A MRSA §523

Legislative Document
No. 210
H.P. 166
House of Representatives, January 24, 2017
An Act To Allow Disabled Veterans To Have More Than One Set of 
Disabled Veteran License Plates
Reference to the Committee on Transportation suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative WALLACE of Dexter.
Cosponsored by Senator WHITTEMORE of Somerset and
Representatives: BLACK of Wilton, FARRIN of Norridgewock, KINNEY of Limington, 
PICCHIOTTI of Fairfield, SIMMONS of Waldoboro, TURNER of Burlington, Senator: 
DAVIS of Piscataquis.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: 
Sec. 1.  29-A MRSA §523, sub-§1, 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 for each vehicle owned by the veteran. Those 
designating plates must be issued by the Secretary of State and must bear the words 
"Disabled Veteran." 
Sec. 2.  29-A MRSA §523, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2007, c. 383, §14, 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 to any 100% disabled veteran a registration certificate and set of special 
designating plates to be used in lieu of regular registration plates for a each vehicle with a 
registered gross weight of not more than 10,000 pounds to any 100% disabled veteran 
owned by the 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.  
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. 
Sec. 3.  29-A MRSA §523, sub-§2-A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 734, §2, is 
amended to read: 
2-A.  Disabled veterans motorcycle license plates.  The Secretary of State shall 
issue to any 100% disabled veteran a registration certificate and special designating plate 
for a each motorcycle owned by the veteran to be used in lieu of a registration plate 
issued in subsection 2 to any 100% disabled veteran if an applicant submits the following 
together with an application: 
A.    Evidence of payment of the excise tax required by Title 36, section 1482; and 
B.    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. 
Notwithstanding section 468, the Secretary of State may issue fewer than 2,000 of the 
plates authorized by this subsection, and this plate does not require a sponsor.  These 
special designating plates must bear the word "Veteran." 
SUMMARY 
This bill allows a disabled veteran to have a set of disabled veteran license plates for 
each vehicle owned by the veteran.