Sec. 1. 29-A MRSA §101, sub-§28-A, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 674, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:

28-A.__Immediate family member.__"Immediate family member" means a grandparent, stepgrandparent, parent, stepparent, brother, stepbrother, sister, stepsister, child, stepchild or spouse.

Sec. 2. 29-A MRSA §410, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 482, Pt. A, §3, is amended to read:

§410. Voluntary surrender or cancellation

A registrant may voluntarily surrender vehicle registration. The Secretary of State shall record that the registration has been cancelled. The Secretary of State may require the return of any certificate of registration or registration plate issued to the registrant for the vehicle. The registrant may activate the registration at any time prior to the original expiration of the registration. The fee for reactivation is $10.

Sec. 3. 29-A MRSA §512, as amended by PL 2003, c. 253, §§2 and 3 and affected by §5, is amended by adding after the first paragraph a new paragraph to read:

A person applying for a registration under the 8-year program or the 12-year semipermanent registration plate program described under subsection 1 must register a minimum of 5 vehicles in the program.

Sec. 4. 29-A MRSA §519, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 683, Pt. A, §2 and affected by Pt. B, §5, is amended to read:

1. Authority to issue special registration plate. Upon application by an active firefighter whose status is certified by the fire chief, assistant fire chief or acting fire chief, as described in Title 30-A, section 3153, the Secretary of State shall issue a special firefighter registration plate.

Sec. 5. 29-A MRSA §519, sub-§6 is enacted to read:

6.__Issuance.__Firefighter plates are issued in accordance with the provisions of this section and section 453.__Vanity plates may not duplicate vanity plates in any other class of plate.

Sec. 6. 29-A MRSA §659, sub-§4 is enacted to read: