2019 Tennessee Code
Title 55 - Motor and Other Vehicles
Chapter 4 - Registration and Licensing of Motor Vehicles
Part 2 - Special License Plates
§ 55-4-272. Paratrooper.
(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).
(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.
