§1366.1. Special plates for United States military airborne units.

(a) General rule.--Upon application of any person who is a veteran of or a member of a United States military airborne unit, accompanied by a fee of $20 which shall be in addition to the annual registration fee and by such documentation as the department shall require, the department shall issue to the person a special registration plate designating the vehicle so licensed as belonging to a person who is a veteran of or a member of a United States military airborne unit. The special registration plate may be used only on a passenger car or truck with a registered gross weight of not more than 14,000 pounds. The department shall design and produce the special registration plate to display a set of jump wings and glider wings.

(b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term "veteran of or a member of a United States military airborne unit" includes parachutist or glider units, glider troopers, paratroopers, air assault troopers, Rangers, U.S. Army Special Forces, USMC Recon, U.S. Navy Seals, U.S. Air Force Special Operations, Troop Carrier Command, including glider pilots and the 160th SOAR, military personnel who satisfactorily completed the prescribed proficiency tests while assigned or attached to an airborne unit and any other military personnel determined by the department to be appropriately classified as a member of a United States military airborne parachutist or glider unit.

(Oct. 24, 2012, P.L.1282, No.158, eff. 180 days; July 2, 2014, P.L.988, No.109, eff. 60 days)

Notation

2014 Amendment.  Act 109 amended subsec. (a).

2012 Amendment.  Act 158 added section 1366.1.