Report Title:

Special Number Plate; Military; Office of Veterans' Services

Description:

Requires counties to set aside a portion of the fee charged for special number plates to be transferred to the office of veterans' services to support veterans' rights and benefits under chapter 363.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	3214
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2008
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to military special number plates.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 249-9.2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

     "§249-9.2  Special number plates; military service.  (a)  In lieu of the number plates contracted on behalf of the counties by the director of finance of the city and county of Honolulu, the director of finance shall provide for a fee, one set of special number plates upon the receipt of an application together with:

     (1)  Specific proof that the applicant was awarded the Purple Heart by the United States Department of Defense for wounds received in military or naval combat against an armed enemy of the United States;

     (2)  Certification that the applicant is a veteran;

     (3)  Specific proof that the applicant was serving the United States in the military or as a civilian, on Oahu, or offshore at a distance of not more than three miles at the time of the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor.  Certification from the Hawaii state chairperson of the Pearl Harbor Survivors Association shall constitute sufficient proof;

     (4)  Specific proof that the applicant was confined as a prisoner of war while providing military service to the United States; or

     (5)  Certification from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs or the state office of veterans' services that the applicant is a combat veteran or a veteran of the Vietnam conflict, the Korean conflict, World War II, or the Persian Gulf conflict;

provided that the director of finance shall set aside two dollars from each fee charged for a set of special number plates, which shall be transferred annually to the office of veterans' services to support the purposes of veterans' rights and benefits under chapter 363."

     SECTION 2.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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