Bill Text: IA HF2542 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to distinguished service medal special registration plates.(Formerly HF 2135.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-01 - Introduced, placed on calendar. H.J. 437. [HF2542 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF2542-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2135)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
distinguished
service
medal
special
1
registration
plates.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
35A.11,
subsection
2,
Code
2022,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0i.
Distinguished
service
medal
special
3
plates
issued
pursuant
to
section
321.34,
subsection
20D.
4
Sec.
2.
Section
321.34,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
the
5
following
new
subsection:
6
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
20D.
Distinguished
service
medal
plates.
7
a.
An
owner
referred
to
in
subsection
12
who
was
8
awarded
a
distinguished
service
medal
by
the
United
States
9
government
may,
upon
written
application
to
the
department
10
and
presentation
of
satisfactory
proof
of
the
award,
order
11
special
registration
plates
with
a
distinguished
service
12
medal
processed
emblem.
The
emblem
shall
be
designed
by
the
13
department
in
consultation
with
the
adjutant
general.
The
14
special
plate
fees
collected
by
the
director
under
subsection
15
12,
paragraph
“a”
,
from
the
annual
validation
of
letter-number
16
designated
distinguished
service
medal
plates,
and
subsection
17
12,
paragraph
“c”
,
from
the
issuance
and
annual
validation
of
18
personalized
distinguished
service
medal
plates
shall
be
paid
19
monthly
to
the
treasurer
of
state
and
deposited
in
the
road
20
use
tax
fund.
The
treasurer
of
state
shall
transfer
monthly
21
from
the
statutory
allocations
fund
created
under
section
22
321.145,
subsection
2,
to
the
veterans
license
fee
fund
created
23
in
section
35A.11
the
amount
of
the
special
fees
collected
24
under
subsection
12,
paragraph
“a”
,
in
the
previous
month
for
25
distinguished
service
medal
plates.
26
b.
Notwithstanding
subsection
12,
paragraph
“a”
,
an
owner
27
who
is
approved
for
special
registration
plates
under
this
28
subsection
shall
be
issued
one
set
of
special
registration
29
plates
with
a
distinguished
service
medal
processed
emblem
at
30
no
charge.
31
c.
The
surviving
spouse
of
a
person
who
was
issued
special
32
plates
under
this
subsection
may
continue
to
use
or
apply
for
33
and
use
the
special
plates
subject
to
registration
of
the
34
special
plates
in
the
surviving
spouse’s
name
and
upon
payment
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of
the
annual
five-dollar
special
plate
fee
and
the
regular
1
annual
registration
fee
for
the
vehicle.
If
the
surviving
2
spouse
remarries,
the
surviving
spouse
shall
return
the
special
3
plates
to
the
department
and
the
department
shall
issue
regular
4
registration
plates
to
the
surviving
spouse.
5
EXPLANATION
6
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
7
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
8
This
bill
authorizes
the
department
of
transportation
(DOT)
9
to
issue
special
registration
plates
bearing
a
distinguished
10
service
medal
processed
emblem
designed
by
the
DOT
in
11
consultation
with
the
adjutant
general.
12
A
person
who
was
awarded
a
distinguished
service
medal
by
the
13
United
States
government
may
make
a
written
application
to
the
14
DOT
and
present
satisfactory
proof
of
the
award
to
order
the
15
plates.
16
Under
current
law,
the
fee
for
the
issuance
of
special
17
registration
plates
with
a
processed
emblem
is
$25
which
is
18
in
addition
to
the
regular
annual
registration
fee.
The
bill
19
provides
that
a
person
who
is
approved
for
the
distinguished
20
service
medal
special
registration
plates
must
be
issued
one
21
set
of
plates
at
no
charge.
22
The
bill
requires
the
fees
collected
by
the
DOT
for
the
23
distinguished
service
medal
plates
to
be
paid
monthly
to
the
24
treasurer
of
state
and
deposited
in
the
road
use
tax
fund.
25
The
treasurer
of
state
must
credit
monthly
from
the
statutory
26
allocations
fund
to
the
veterans
license
fee
fund
the
amount
of
27
special
fees
for
distinguished
service
medal
plates
collected
28
in
the
previous
month.
29
The
bill
authorizes
the
surviving
spouse
of
a
person
who
was
30
issued
distinguished
service
medal
special
plates
to
continue
31
to
use
or
apply
for
and
use
the
special
plates
subject
to
32
registration
of
the
special
plates
in
the
surviving
spouse’s
33
name
and
upon
payment
of
the
annual
$5
special
plate
fee
and
34
the
regular
annual
registration
fee
for
the
vehicle.
However,
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