32-5-157. Specific additional requirements for military specialty plates. Any owner applying for a military specialty plate listed in § 32-5-155 shall meet the following specific additional requirements for the respective military specialty plate:

(1) Any applicant for the National Guard plate must be an active enlisted member of the National Guard, an active warrant officer of the National Guard, an active commissioned member of the National Guard, or a retired member of the National Guard with twenty years or more of creditable service;

(2) Any applicant for the disabled veteran plate must be a veteran who has been rated as in receipt of a statutory benefit for loss or loss of use of one or more extremities, a veteran who receives a veteran's allotment for a total service-connected disability, or a veteran who has received a United States Veterans Administration K Award. The disability must have been incurred while serving on active duty during a time of war or while participating in a military mission involving armed conflict;

(3) Any applicant for the veteran plate must be an honorably discharged veteran who served on active duty;

(4) Any applicant for the active duty plate must currently be serving on active duty;

(5) Any applicant for the Prisoner of War plate must be a veteran who was a prisoner of war while serving on active duty;

(6) Any applicant for the Pearl Harbor survivor plate must have survived the attack at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, while serving on active duty, and have received an honorable discharge from the United States armed forces;

(7) Any applicant for the Gold Star plate must be a parent, spouse, sibling, or child of a member of the United States armed forces who died while serving this country on active duty or as a result of that service;

(8) Any applicant for the Purple Heart plate must be a veteran who received the Purple Heart as a result of the applicant's service;

(9) Any applicant for the Medal of Honor plate must be a veteran who received the Medal of Honor as a result of the applicant's service;

(10) Any applicant for the Silver Star plate must have received the Silver Star as a result of the applicant's service;

(11) Any applicant for the Distinguished Service Cross plate must have received the Distinguished Service Cross as a result of the applicant's service;

(12) Any applicant for the Navy Cross plate must have received the Navy Cross as a result of the applicant's service;

(13) Any applicant for the Air Force Cross plate must have received the Air Force Cross as a result of the applicant's service;

(14) Any applicant for the Distinguished Flying Cross plate must have received the Distinguished Flying Cross as a result of the applicant's service;

(15) Any applicant for the Bronze Star with Valor plate must have received the Bronze Star with Valor as a result of the applicant's service;

(16) Any applicant for the Bronze Star plate must have received the Bronze Star as a result of the applicant's service;

(17) Any applicant for the tribal veteran plate must be a member of a tribe and an honorably discharged veteran who served on active duty; and

(18) Any applicant for the woman veteran plate must be a woman and an honorably discharged veteran who served on active duty.Source: SL 2014, ch 142, § 4; SL 2015, ch 161, § 1; SL 2017, ch 130, § 2; SL 2018, ch 181, § 2.