Bill Text: IA HF2259 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to motor vehicle registration fees for disabled veterans. (Formerly HSB 544)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-25 - Fiscal note. HCS. [HF2259 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF2259-Introduced.html

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House File 2259 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON VETERANS
                                     AFFAIRS

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 544)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to motor vehicle registration fees for disabled
  2    veterans.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.105, subsection 5, Code 2016, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    5.  a.  Seriously disabled veterans who have been provided
  1  4 with an automobile or other vehicle by the United States
  1  5 government under the provisions of {1901 = 1903, Tit. 38 of
  1  6 the United States Code, 38 U.S.C. {1901 et seq. (1970) {3901
  1  7 = {3904, shall be exempt from payment of the registration fee
  1  8  fees provided in this chapter for that vehicle, and shall be
  1  9 provided, without fee, with one set of regular registration
  1 10 plates or one set of any type of special registration plates
  1 11 associated with service in the United States armed forces for
  1 12 which the disabled veteran qualifies under section 321.34. The
  1 13 disabled veteran, to be able to claim the benefit, must be a
  1 14 resident of the state of Iowa. In lieu of the set of regular
  1 15 or special military registration plates available without fee,
  1 16 the disabled veteran may obtain a set of nonmilitary special
  1 17 registration plates or personalized plates issued under section
  1 18 321.34 by paying the additional fees associated with those
  1 19 plates.
  1 20    b.  A disabled veteran with a service=related disability
  1 21 rating of fifty percent or higher as determined by the United
  1 22 States department of veterans affairs shall be exempt from
  1 23 payment of the registration fees provided in this chapter for
  1 24 one vehicle, and shall be provided, without fee, with one
  1 25 set of regular registration plates or one set of any type of
  1 26 special registration plates associated with service in the
  1 27 United States armed forces for which the disabled veteran
  1 28 qualifies under section 321.34. The disabled veteran, to be
  1 29 able to claim the benefit, must be a resident of the state
  1 30 of Iowa. In lieu of the set of regular or special military
  1 31 registration plates available without fee, the disabled veteran
  1 32 may obtain a set of nonmilitary special registration plates or
  1 33 personalized plates issued under section 321.34 by paying the
  1 34 additional fees associated with those plates. However, if the
  1 35 disabled veteran was issued or reassigned a set of nonmilitary
  2  1 special registration plates or personalized plates in the
  2  2 one=year period prior to July 1, 2016, the disabled veteran may
  2  3 continue to use the plates without payment of the additional
  2  4 fees associated with those plates.
  2  5    Sec. 2.  Section 321L.2, subsection 1, paragraph a,
  2  6 subparagraph (2), Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
  2  7    (2)  Persons with disabilities parking sticker. An
  2  8 applicant who owns a motor vehicle for which the applicant
  2  9 has been issued registration plates under section 321.34 or
  2 10 registration plates as a seriously disabled veteran under
  2 11 section 321.105 may apply to the department for a persons with
  2 12 disabilities parking sticker to be affixed to the plates. The
  2 13 persons with disabilities parking stickers shall bear the
  2 14 international symbol of accessibility.
  2 15    Sec. 3.  Section 321L.2, subsection 5, Code 2016, is amended
  2 16 to read as follows:
  2 17    5.  A seriously disabled veteran who has been provided with
  2 18 an automobile or other vehicle by the United States government
  2 19 under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. {1901 et seq. (1970) {3901 =
  2 20  {3904, or a disabled veteran with a service=related disability
  2 21 rating of fifty percent or higher as determined by the United
  2 22 States department of veterans affairs is not required to apply
  2 23 for a persons with disabilities parking permit under this
  2 24 section unless the veteran has been issued special registration
  2 25 plates or personalized plates for the vehicle. The regular
  2 26 registration plates issued for the disabled veteran's vehicle
  2 27 without fee pursuant to section 321.105 entitle the disabled
  2 28 veteran to all of the rights and privileges associated with
  2 29 persons with disabilities parking permits under this chapter.
  2 30                           EXPLANATION
  2 31 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2 32 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2 33    Current law exempts seriously disabled veterans who have
  2 34 been provided with an automobile or other vehicle by the United
  2 35 States government from paying motor vehicle registration fees
  3  1 or applying for a persons with disabilities parking permit.
  3  2 This bill broadens these exemptions to include disabled
  3  3 veterans with a service=related disability rating of 50 percent
  3  4 or higher as determined by the United States department of
  3  5 veterans affairs.
  3  6    The bill provides such disabled veterans with one free set
  3  7 of regular registration plates or one free set of any type of
  3  8 special registration plates associated with service in the
  3  9 United States armed forces for which the disabled veteran
  3 10 qualifies under Code section 321.34. The bill requires the
  3 11 disabled veteran to be a resident of the state of Iowa. In lieu
  3 12 of the set of regular or special military registration plates
  3 13 available without fee, the disabled veteran may obtain a set of
  3 14 nonmilitary special registration plates or personalized plates
  3 15 by paying the additional fees associated with those plates.
  3 16 However, if the veteran was issued such plates prior to July
  3 17 1, 2016, the veteran may continue to use the plates without
  3 18 payment of the additional fees.
  3 19    The bill also updates the reference to title 38 of the
  3 20 United States Code relating to automobiles provided to disabled
  3 21 veterans by the federal government.
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