§ 31-2-217 — Special plates; Pearl Harbor survivors; national guard members; armed forces veterans; purple heart recipients; women armed forces veteran decals

(a) The county treasurer shall issue one (1) set of
special license plates to each applicant for either a passenger
car, truck, motorcycle, handicapped motorcycle or motor home
owned or leased by a survivor of Pearl Harbor, a member of the
Wyoming army or air national guard, a purple heart recipient or
honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces
and, if applied for and eligible, one (1) set of decals
designating the person is an honorably discharged woman veteran
of the United States armed forces in accordance with this
section. These license plates shall be displayed upon the
vehicle for which they are issued. A decal designating the
person is an honorably discharged woman veteran shall be
attached in the lower left corner of a license plate issued
under this section.
(b) Applications for license plates and decals under
subsection (a) of this section shall be annually made to the
county treasurer as provided by this article. Application forms
shall be available at all county treasurer's offices. The
registration fees prescribed by W.S. 31-3-101 shall accompany
each application, and except as provided in subsections (j) and
(m), no additional fee shall be charged for the license plates
or decals provided by this section.
(c) Any person eligible under subsection (e) of this
section for a special license plate or decal provided by this
section may apply for additional special license plates or
decals upon the payment of any fees required by this act.
(d) The special license plates shall be the same color as
regular motor vehicle license plates, but shall bear a
distinctive symbol or letters identifying the registrant as a
survivor of Pearl Harbor, a member of the Wyoming army or air
national guard, a purple heart recipient or as a veteran of the
United States armed forces. The armed forces license plate shall
specify the branch of service in which the applicant served or
is serving. The department shall prescribe the symbol or
letters, which need not include arabic numerals designating the
county. The symbol or letters for each type of license plate
provided for in this section shall be different from the other
types of license plates provided for in this section to
differentiate and designate whether the person is a survivor of
Pearl Harbor, a national guard member, a purple heart recipient
or a veteran of the United States armed forces. The special
license plates shall allow for a decal designating an honorably
discharged woman veteran to be attached in the lower left corner
of the license plate without obscuring any other symbols,
letters or numbers on the license plate.
(e) Any person who is a Wyoming resident at the time of
application may apply under this section for:
(i) A national guard license plate if he presents
documentation that he:
(A) Is currently serving in an active or retired
status of the Wyoming national guard; or
(B) Is the surviving spouse of a deceased
Wyoming national guard member who was issued a license plate
under this paragraph prior to death and the spouse is drawing a
military survivor annuity.
(ii) A Pearl Harbor survivor license plate if he
presents documentation that he:
(A) Was a member of the United States Armed
Forces on December 7, 1941;
(B) Was on station on December 7, 1941, during
the hours of 7:55 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Hawaii time at Pearl Harbor,
the island of Oahu, or offshore at a distance not to exceed
three (3) miles; and
(C) Received an honorable discharge from the
United States Armed Forces; or
(D) Is the surviving spouse of a deceased
survivor of Pearl Harbor otherwise complying with subparagraphs
(A) through (C) of this paragraph.
(iii) A purple heart recipient license plate if he is
an official recipient of the United States military purple heart
award with document proof thereof. The surviving spouse of a
deceased purple heart award recipient who was issued a license
plate under this paragraph prior to death shall be permitted to
retain the license plate until the license plate is required to
be replaced with a new license plate;
(iv) An armed forces license plate by presenting
documentation that he is an honorably discharged veteran of the
United States armed forces;
(v) An honorably discharged woman veteran of the
United States armed forces decal to be attached in the lower
left corner of any license plate under this section by
presenting documentation that she is a female and an honorably
discharged veteran of the United States armed forces.
(f) Vehicles registered under this section are subject to
all other provisions of this article except those relating to
the type of number license plates under W.S. 31-2-204.
(g) All applications for special license plates provided
by this section shall be made directly to the county treasurer
at least thirty (30) days before registration of the vehicle
expires. Applications for decals designating an honorably
discharged woman veteran of the United States armed forces may
be made at the same time as applying for special license plates
under this section. The department may prepare any special forms
and issue any rules and regulations necessary to carry out this
section.
(h) Repealed by Laws 2017, ch. 48, § 2.
(j) Each applicant for an armed forces special license
plate shall submit an application fee of twenty dollars ($20.00)
upon which the Wyoming veteran's commission shall issue a
written statement establishing the applicant's eligibility to
receive an armed forces license plate from the county treasurer.
Fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited into the
veterans' commission expendable trust fund. Application for and
any renewal of an armed forces special license plate shall be
subject to the requirements of this article and the payment of
the fee required by W.S. 31-3-102(a)(viii).
(k) The department of transportation shall include within
its biennial budget request submitted under W.S. 9-2-1013 a
report identifying the actions taken and monies expended
pursuant to this section for each of the immediately preceding
two (2) fiscal years.
(m) The decal designating a woman veteran of the United
States armed forces shall bear a distinctive symbol or letters
identifying the registrant as an honorably discharged woman
veteran of the United States armed forces. Each applicant for a
decal under this subsection shall submit an administration fee
with the application. The fee shall be in an amount determined
by the department to be sufficient to recover reasonable
administrative costs of the decal, but not more than five
dollars ($5.00) per set of decals for any one (1) vehicle. Upon
completion of the application, receipt of the administration
fee, determination of eligibility and issuance or renewal of
special license plates under this section, the county treasurer
shall issue to the applicant the number of decals corresponding
to the number of license plates issued or renewed under this
section to be attached to the license plates issued or renewed
under this section. The replacement fee for a decal under this
subsection shall be the same as for the original decal.