§ 46.2-742 Special license plates for persons awarded Purple Heart; fee
On receipt of an application and written evidence that the applicant has been awarded the Purple Heart, the Commissioner shall issue to the applicant special license plates. No fee shall be charged for license plates issued under this section to any one motor vehicle owned and used personally by any applicant. For each additional set of license plates issued to an applicant under this section, the Commissioner shall charge the prescribed fee for state license plates. Unremarried surviving spouses of persons eligible to receive special license plates under this section may also be issued special license plates under this section. The provisions of subdivisions 1 and 2 of subsection B of § 46.2-725 shall not apply to license plates issued under this section. The design of license plates issued under this section to persons who have been awarded multiple decorations shall reflect the number of such decorations.
History
This law was first created in 1987. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 466 and 472 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1987 “Acts” aren’t available online. It has been modified 7 times. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 1989, chapter 727; in 1994, chapter 914; in 1995, chapter 747; in 1996, chapters 922 and 1026; in 2004, chapter 747; in 2008, chapter 614; in 2011, chapter 436.
1987, cc. 466, 472, § 46.1-105.15; 1989, c. 727; 1994, c. 914; 1995, c. 747; 1996, cc. 922, 1026; 2004, c. 747; 2008, c. 614; 2011, c. 436.