(a) An owner or lessee of a motor vehicle who is a resident of this state, who is an active member or retired or honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces, and who, as part of the member or veteran’s military duty, has been trained to jump from flying aircraft, upon complying with state motor vehicle laws relating to registration and licensing of motor vehicles and upon paying the regular fee applicable to the vehicle and the fee prescribed by § 55-4-204(c), shall be issued a paratrooper license plate for a motor vehicle authorized by § 55-4-210(c).
Driver: means :(A) For purposes of a conventionally operated vehicle, every person who drives or is in actual physical control of a vehicle. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
Owner: means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle, or in the event a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof, with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then the conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for the purpose of this chapter and chapter 10, parts 1-5 of this title. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Vehicle: means every device in, upon or by which any person or property is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, excepting devices used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks. See Tennessee Code 55-8-101
(b) The application for such plate shall be accompanied by the following:
(1)(A) A valid military identification card or such other document as the commissioner designates as sufficient proof that the applicant is an active member of the United States armed forces; or(B)(i) A certified copy of the veteran’s certificate of release or discharge from active duty, department of defense form 214 (DD 214), honorable discharge certificate, department of defense form 256 (DD 256), or report of separation and record of service, NGB form 22, that indicates an honorable discharge characterization;(ii) A valid DD form 2 (Retired) military identification card; or(iii) A Tennessee driver license that indicates military service in accordance with § 55-50-354; and(2) Documentation of satisfactory completion of the prescribed proficiency tests while assigned or attached to a military airborne unit or the airborne department of the United States army infantry school, to include:
(A) Military orders awarding the parachutist badge authorized by the United States army to the member or veteran;(B) The veteran’s certificate of release or discharge from active duty, department of defense form 214 (DD 214), or report of separation and record of service, NGB form 22, indicating the awarding of the parachutist badge; or(C) The airborne course diploma issued to the member or veteran by the United States army infantry school.(c)(1) The design of such license plates that are issued pursuant to this section shall be colored red, white, and blue so as to be similar in hue and intensity to the coloration of the United States flag and shall bear the legend, “U.S. PARATROOPER.”(2) The license plates provided for in this section shall feature a likeness of the parachutist badge authorized by the United States army.
