71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
Enrolled
House Bill 2914
Sponsored by Representative STARR; Representatives BACKLUND,
BROWN, BUTLER, DEVLIN, DOYLE, GARRARD, HAYDEN, JENSON, KNOPP,
KRIEGER, KRUSE, LEE, MINNIS, MORGAN, NELSON, PATRIDGE, SIMMONS,
G SMITH, T SMITH, C WALKER, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WINTERS, WITT,
ZAUNER
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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
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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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Passed by House March 30, 2001
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Chief Clerk of House
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Speaker of House
Passed by Senate April 25, 2001
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President of Senate
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Received by Governor:
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Approved:
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Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
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Secretary of State
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