During a veterans committee meeting at Legislative Hall, Wilmington high school student Ellie Wallace pitched the idea of combining a veteran designation and disabled status into one special license plate.
"I was very impressed with her ... it's a great idea," said Rep. Harvey Kenton, R-Milford, a Navy veteran who was among those to sponsor the bill. "The special plate makes it easier for those who are handicapped, and it's a very beautiful plate. We all thought it was a great idea."
On July 8, Gov. Jack Markell signed Senate Bill 136 into law, making it easier for disabled veterans to have both designations on their license plate. Wallace's grandfather, Joseph Wallace, was the inspiration for the new special license plate. Joseph had to go through two separate processes in order to receive a veterans distinction, as well as disabled status. Now, the process will be streamlined.
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Now if there was some way to punish all of those people who are fraudulently using Handicapped tags to park in spaces--they pull them out of their glove compartment and hang em up to get fromt row spaces while the elderly frail with walkers trudge across the parking lot. People who pull this scam make me sick. Hopefully this special plate will help those who truly need the spaces.
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