71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 3100
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 2914
                  Ordered by the House March 26
            Including House Amendments dated March 26
 
Sponsored by Representative STARR; Representatives BACKLUND,
  BROWN, BUTLER, DEVLIN, DOYLE, GARRARD, HAYDEN, JENSON, KNOPP,
  KRIEGER, KRUSE, MINNIS, MORGAN, NELSON, PATRIDGE, SIMMONS, G
  SMITH, T SMITH, C WALKER, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WINTERS, WITT,
  ZAUNER
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Allows widow or widower of veteran  { + or former prisoner of
war + } to keep special   { - veteran's - }  registration plates.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
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.
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