(a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the certificate of title fee, the registration license fee and the operator's private license fee as provided in section 433 of this title shall be reduced by fifty percent (50%) for senior citizens and persons who are handicapped. For the purposes of this section, “senior citizens” are defined to be persons sixty years of age or older, as verified by a Senior Citizen I.D. Card issued by the Department of Human Services, or a Real ID card issued in compliance with the Real ID Act of 2005, 49 U.S.C. § 30301 - Notes, who are domiciliaries of the Virgin Islands for not less than one year. For the purposes of this section, “a person who is handicapped” is defined to be a person with a physical or mental disability who has complied with the requirements of section 375 of this title by furnishing proof that such person is physically and mentally fit to operate a motor vehicle.
(b)
(1) The Virgin Islands Bureau of Motor Vehicles may not collect a fee from a disabled veteran for the issuance of a handicapped window decal required to be placed in the registered vehicle of the disabled veteran, or require the disabled veteran who has two license plates bearing disabled veterans decals issued by the United States Veterans Administration to display any handicapped window decals issued by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles or the Virgin Islands Police Department.
(2) For purposes of this subsection, “disabled veteran” means a person who has been designated as such by law or by a local or federal governmental entity, as evidenced by the presentation of appropriate documentation.