CHAPTER 706
An Act to issue special license plates for immediate family members of persons who have died in military service to their country.
Approved April 6, 2016
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. § 1. Special license plates for immediate family members of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who died on or after March 29, 1973, while serving on active duty or while assigned to a Reserve or National Guard unit in a drill status.
On receipt of an application and following the provisions of § 46.2-725 of the Code of Virginia, the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles shall issue special license plates to immediate family members of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who died on or after March 29, 1973, while serving on active duty or while assigned to a Reserve or National Guard unit in a drill status. For the purpose of this section, "immediate family member" means (i) a widow or widower, remarried or not; (ii) a mother, father, stepmother, stepfather, mother or father through adoption, or foster parent who stood in loco parentis; (iii) a child, stepchild, or adopted child; and (iv) a sibling or half-sibling. For each set of license plates issued, the Commissioner shall charge the prescribed cost of state license plates. Such license plates shall not be subject to the provisions of subdivision B 1 or 2 of § 46.2-725 of the Code of Virginia.