A. The division shall issue distinctive registration plates to any person, or to the surviving spouse of any deceased person, who was held as a prisoner of war by an enemy of the United States during any armed conflict, upon the submission by the person or surviving spouse of proof satisfactory to the division that he was held as a prisoner of war by an enemy of the United States during a period of armed conflict or that he is the surviving spouse of such a person. No fee, including the regular registration fee applicable to the passenger motor vehicle, if any, shall be collected for issuance of a special registration plate pursuant to this section.
B. No person shall falsely represent himself to have been held as a prisoner of war or to be the surviving spouse of a prisoner of war so as to be eligible to be issued special registration plates pursuant to this section when he in fact was not held as a prisoner of war or when he in fact is not the surviving spouse of a prisoner of war.
C. Any person who violates the provisions of Subsection B of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.
History: 1978 Comp., § 66-3-411, enacted by Laws 1978, ch. 99, § 2; 1979, ch. 375, § 1; 1987, ch. 268, § 21; 1989, ch. 282, § 1; 1993, ch. 180, § 3; 1995, ch. 8, § 2.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1995 amendment, effective June 16, 1995, deleted former Subsection D which barred issuance of special registration plates under this section after July 1, 1995.
The 1993 amendment, effective July 1, 1993, substituted "or to the surviving spouse of any deceased person" for "and the surviving spouse of any person" and "he" for "she" before "is the surviving spouse" and inserted "or surviving spouse" in the first sentence of Subsection A; inserted "including the regular registration fee applicable to the passenger motor vehicle, if any" in the second sentence of Subsection A; deleted "herself" after "prisoner of war or" and substituted "he" for "she" before "in fact" in Subsection B; and added Subsection D.
The 1989 amendment, effective June 16, 1989, inserted "and surviving spouses" in the catchline; in Subsection A, inserted "and the surviving spouse of any person" and "or that she is the surviving spouse of such a person"; and, in Subsection B, inserted "or herself to be the surviving spouse of a prisoner of war" and "or when she in fact is not the surviving spouse of a prisoner of war".