VEH.3.4.020 Application for and Issuance of Special Plates

The department shall issue special plates as specified in this section under the following circumstances:

(a) Disabled Lac Courte Oreilles Residents. If any Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal member, who is a resident of the Reservation and who is registering or has registered an automobile or truck or a motor home, submits a statement once every four (4) years, from a physician licensed to practice medicine in any state, or from a chiropractor licensed to practice chiropractic in any state, that the resident is a person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk, the department shall procure, issue and deliver to the disabled person plates of a special design in lieu of plates which ordinarily would be issued for the vehicle, and shall renew the plates. The plates shall be so designed as to readily apprize law enforcement officers of the fact that the vehicle is owned by a nonveteran disabled person and is entitled to parking privileges specified in other laws. No charge in addition to the registration fee shall be made for the issuance or renewal of such plates.

(b) Disabled Lac Courte Oreilles Veterans. If any resident of the Reservation who is registering or has registered an automobile, truck, or a motor home submits a statement once every four (4) years, from the Lac Courte Oreilles Department of Veterans Affairs certifying to the department that the resident is, by reason of injuries sustained while in the active U.S. military service, a person with a disability that limits or impairs the ability to walk, the department shall procure, issue and deliver to the veteran, plates of a special design in lieu of the plates which ordinarily would be issued for the vehicle, and shall renew the plates. The plates shall be so designed as to readily apprize law enforcement officers of the fact that the vehicle is owned by a disabled veteran and is entitled to parking privileges specified in other laws. No charge in addition to the registration fee shall be made for the issuance or renewal of such plates.

(c) Lac Courte Oreilles Veteran/Congressional Medal of Honor. Upon application by any person awarded the congressional medal of honor and submission of proper proof thereof, the department shall issue special plates so designed as to indicate such award. No charge shall be made for the issuance of such plates which have a non-expiring registration period.

(d) Prisoner of War.

(1) Upon application to register an automobile or truck by any Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal member residing on the Reservation who was a member of any of the U.S. armed services and who was held as a prisoner of war during any of the conflicts described as World War II, Vietnam, Persian Gulf, Operation Desert (Shield) Storm, or in Grenada, Lebanon, Panama, Somalia or a Middle East crisis, and upon submission of a statement from the Lac Courte Oreilles Department of Veterans Affairs certifying that the person was a prisoner of war during one of the conflicts described, the department shall issue to the person a special plate which is colored (to be determined by the department) and which has the words "ex-prisoner of war" placed on the plate in the manner designated by the department.

(2) A person who maintains no more than one registration under this subsection at one time shall not be charged a fee for registration of the vehicle or issuance of plates.

(3) For each additional vehicle, a person who maintains more than one registration under this subsection at one time shall be charged a fee of $15.00 for issuance of the plates in addition to the annual registration fee for the vehicle.

(4) If a registration plate has been issued to a person under par (1), upon application by the surviving spouse of the person, the department may permit the surviving spouse to retain the plate. If the plate has been returned to the department or surrendered to another state, the department may reissue the plate to the surviving spouse. The department shall charge an additional fee of $15.00 to reissue the plate.

(5) The department shall charge a fee of $15.00 for re-issuance of any plate under par. (4).

(e) Veterans Plates. The department shall issue special veterans/military plates under this subsection for the following authorized special groups.

(1) World War II veterans, Korean War veterans, Vietnam War veterans, Persian Gulf War veterans, Air force Retired, Air force Veteran, Army Retired, Army Veteran, U.S. Coast Guard, Marine Corps Retired, Marine Corps Veteran, Navy Retired, Navy Veteran, Purple Heart, Medal of Honor

(2) The annual registration fee shall be $40.00. There shall be an additional fee of $10.00 for the issuance of the initial registration of Special Veteran/Military plates. $40.00 plus $10.00 for the first plate. Renewal fees for these plates shall be $40.00.

(3) If an individual in possession of special plates or of personalized plates under this section does not maintain membership in the applicable authorized special groups during the year which is not a plate issuance year the individual shall:

(A) Dispose of the special plates in a manner prescribed by the department;

(B) In addition to the regular application fee, pay a $4 fee for the issuance of replacement plates; and