55-4-236 - Medal recipients. - Tennessee Statutes

55-4-236. Medal recipients.

(a)  The department shall provide and issue, free of charge, to each resident of this state who is a recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross or the Air Force Cross, upon presentation of proper application, memorial registration plates for no more than two (2) motor vehicles or motor homes which are registered or leased for private use in the name of any one (1) recipient. For the purposes of this section, “private use” vehicle means any motor vehicle authorized by § 55-4-210(c) or motor home that is not used for rehire or for any other commercial purpose.

(b)  The memorial plates provided for in this section shall be the same as regular registration plates, but shall be of a distinctive design which denotes the importance of these distinguished veterans and the high regard in which this state holds the courageous recipients of these military decorations.

[Acts 1998, ch. 1063, § 1; 2007, ch. 484, § 52.]