Section 5101.6 Of Article 8.5. Environmental License Plates From California Vehicle Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 8.5.
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. (a) A person otherwise eligible under this article who is a
Congressional Medal of Honor recipient may apply for special license
plates for the vehicle under this article. The special license
plates assigned to the vehicle shall run in a separate numerical
series and shall have inscribed on the license plate the words
"Congressional Medal of Honor" or "Medal of Honor." The department
shall reserve and issue the special license plates to all applicants
providing the proof required by subdivision (b).
(b) The applicant shall, by satisfactory proof, show that the
applicant is a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient.
(c) Special license plates may be issued pursuant to subdivision
(a) only for a vehicle owned or coowned by a Congressional Medal of
Honor recipient.
(d) Upon the death of a person issued special license plates
pursuant to this section, his or her surviving spouse may retain the
special license plates subject to the conditions set forth in this
section. If there is no surviving spouse, the special license plates
shall be returned to the department either within 60 days following
that death, or upon the expiration date of the vehicle registration,
whichever date occurs first. However, in the absence of a surviving
spouse, a member of the Congressional Medal of Honor recipient's
family may retain one of the special license plates as a family
heirloom, subject to the conditions set forth in subdivision (h),
upon submitting an affidavit to the department agreeing not to
attempt to use the special license plates for vehicle registration
purposes.
(e) If a surviving spouse who has elected to retain the special
license plates as authorized under subdivision (d) dies while in
possession of the special license plates, the special license plates
shall be returned to the department either within 60 days following
that death, or upon the expiration date of the vehicle registration,
whichever date occurs first. However, a member of the Congressional
Medal of Honor recipient's family may retain one of the special
license plates as a family heirloom, subject to the conditions set
forth in subdivision (h), upon submitting an affidavit to the
department agreeing not to attempt to use the special license plates
for vehicle registration purposes.
(f) A vehicle exempted from fees by Section 9105 and by Section
10783 of the Revenue and Taxation Code shall lose the exemption upon
the death of the Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, except that
if a surviving spouse elects to retain the special license plates as
authorized under subdivision (d), the exemption pursuant to Section
9105, and Section 10783.2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall
extend until the death of that spouse.
(g) Sections 5106 and 5108 do not apply to this section.
(h) The special license plates issued under this section are not
valid for use for vehicle registration purposes or for the purposes
of Section 9105 or Section 10783 or 10783.2 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code by a person other than the person issued the special
license plates under subdivision (a) and the surviving spouse of that
person.
(i) For the purposes of this section, "family" means grandparents,
stepgrandparents, parents, stepparents, siblings, stepsiblings,
children, and stepchildren of the person issued the special license
plates under subdivision (a).