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16105316D
HOUSE BILL NO. 98
AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE
(Proposed by the House Committee on Transportation
on February 11, 2016)
(Patron Prior to Substitute--Delegate Cole)
A BILL to authorize the issuance of special license plates to immediate family members of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who lost his or her life on or after March 29, 1973, while serving on active duty or while assigned to an Army Reserve or Army National Guard unit in a drill status.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. Special license plates for immediate family members of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who lost his or her life on or after March 29, 1973, while serving on active duty or while assigned to an Army Reserve or Army National Guard unit in a drill status.

On receipt of an application the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall issue special license plates to immediate family members of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who lost his or her life on or after March 29, 1973, while serving on active duty or while assigned to an Army Reserve or Army National Guard unit in a drill status. For the purpose of this section, "immediate family member" means (i) a widow or widower, remarried or not; (ii) a mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, mother or father through adoption, or foster parent who stood in loco parentis; (iii) a child, stepchild, or adopted child; and (iv) a sibling or half-sibling. For each set of license plates issued, the Commissioner shall charge the prescribed cost of state license plates. Such license plates shall not be subject to the provisions of subdivision B 1 or 2 of § 46.2-725 of the Code of Virginia.