B 26-0135 — Purple Heart License Plate Amendment Act of 2025

ENGROSSEDENROLLED ORIGINAL AAN BILLACT 3_______________ 26-135 5 IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 8 _______________ To amend the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937 to require the Mayor to design and make available for issue a motor-vehicle identification tag that identifies the owner of a motor vehicle as a recipient of the Purple Heart award or as the surviving spouse of a Purple Heart award recipient;

BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the “Purple Heart License Plate Amendment Act of 2025”.2026”.

Title IV of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937, approved August 17, 1937 (50 Stat.

ENGROSSED ORIGINAL “(b)(1) A resident ordering a Purple Heart award recipient motor vehicle identification tag shall pay a one-time application fee of $10, or such other amount as may be established by the Mayor by rule.

“(c) No identification tags may be issued to any individual under this section unless due proof is submitted that the individual is a bona fide recipient of the Purple Heart medal as may be ENROLLED ORIGINAL demonstrated to the Mayor at the time of the application for the identification tags by submission of:

(1)“(1) DD-214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, or DD-215, issued by the United States Department of Defense, or its successor agency;

(2)“(2) WD-AGO 53-55 Enlisted Record and Report of Separation Honorable Discharge;

(3)“(3) General or permanent orders listing the award issuance, which shall be accompanied by a copy of the photo identification of the applicant;

(4)“(4) A certificate of the award issuance signed by the secretary of the service branch, or a general officer or flag officer;

or ENGROSSED“(5) ORIGINAL (5) Other documentation that may be accepted by the Department of Motor Vehicles in consultation with the Office of Veterans Affairs.”.

Official Code § 49-1004(b)), is amended by striking the phrase “sections 2a(b)(2) and 2b(b)(1) of Title IV of the District of Columbia ENGROSSED ORIGINAL Revenue Act of 1937, approved August 17, 1937 (50 Stat.

Official Code §§ 50- 1501.02a(b)(2) and 50-1501.02b(b)(1))”50-1501.02b(b)(1)),” and inserting the phrase “sections 2a(b)(2), 2b(b)(1), and 2o(b)(1) of Title IV of the District of Columbia Revenue Act of 1937, approved August 17, 1937 (50 Stat.

Official Code §§ 50-1501.02a(b)(2), 50-1501.02b(b)(1)),50-1501.02b(b)(1), and 50- 1501.02o(b)(1))”1501.02o(b)(1)),” in its place.

The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement in the committee report as the fiscal ENROLLED ORIGINAL impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat.

___________________________________ Chairman Council of the District of Columbia _________________________________ Mayor District of Columbia 3