The department may issue no more than three permanent special motor vehicle license plates to a recipient of the Purple Heart for use on his private passenger motor vehicles, as defined in Section 56-3-630, or motorcycles as defined in Section 56-3-20, registered in his name. There is no fee for the issuance of up to two license plates, and not more than three license plates may be issued to a person. The fee for the third plate is the regular motor vehicle registration fee contained in Article 5, Chapter 3 of this title and a special motor vehicle license fee of thirty dollars. The application for a special license plate must include proof the applicant is a recipient of the Purple Heart.
HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 138 Section 1; 1993 Act No. 164, Part II, Section 22JJ; 1993 Act No. 181, Section 1392; 1996 Act No. 459, Section 169; 1996 Act No. 422, Section 1; 2001 Act No. 17, Section 1; 2005 Act No. 53, Section 1, eff May 9, 2005; 2008 Act No. 297, Section 9, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 12, 2008); 2012 Act No. 272, Section 20, eff December 26, 2012.