Chapter 152 Oregon Laws 2001

AN ACT

HB 2914

Relating to registration plates issued to veterans; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 805.110.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. Section 2 of this 2001 Act is added to and made a part of ORS chapter 805.

SECTION 2. The surviving spouse of a veteran who was issued registration plates under ORS 805.205 may, upon the death of the veteran, continue to use the plates on a motor vehicle or may keep the plates as a memento.

SECTION 3. ORS 805.110 is amended to read:

805.110. (1) In the absence of just cause for refusal, the Department of Transportation shall provide for registration of any motor vehicle required to be registered by this state in a manner consistent with this section for persons who qualify as former prisoners of war under this section. The special registration provisions under this section are subject to all of the following:

(a) The fee to register or renew registration under this section shall be the regular registration fee for the vehicle.

(b) The department shall not register a motor vehicle under this section if another vehicle owned by the applicant or a member of the applicant’s household has been registered under this section.

(c) The department shall not register any commercial vehicle under this section or any motor vehicle with a loaded weight in excess of 8,000 pounds.

(2) A person is a former prisoner of war who qualifies for registration of a vehicle under this section if the person, while serving in the active military, naval or air service of the United States or any of its Allies, was forcibly detained or interned in line of duty:

(a) By an enemy government or its agents, or a hostile force, during a period of war; or

(b) By a foreign government or its agents, or a hostile force during a period other than a period of war in which such person was held under circumstances which the department finds to have been comparable to the circumstances under which persons have generally been forcibly detained or interned by enemy governments during periods of war.

(3) The surviving spouse of a former prisoner of war who was issued registration under this section may, [retain the registration] upon the death of the former prisoner of war, [until the death or remarriage of the surviving spouse] continue to use the registration plates on a motor vehicle or may keep the plates as a memento.

(4) The department may suspend or revoke any registration issued under this section if the department determines that the vehicle is owned by a person not qualified for registration under this section or the vehicle is a kind not qualified for registration under this section.

Approved by the Governor May 21, 2001

Filed in the office of Secretary of State May 21, 2001

Effective date January 1, 2002

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