Bill Text: IA HSB643 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to motor vehicle registration fees for disabled veterans.(See HF 2435.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-16 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2433. [HSB643 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-HSB643-Introduced.html
House Study Bill 643 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON SALMON) A BILL FOR An Act relating to motor vehicle registration fees for disabled 1 veterans. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5528YC (1) 89 th/ns
H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 321.105, subsection 5, Code 2022, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 5. a. Seriously disabled veterans who have been provided 3 with an automobile or other vehicle by the United States 4 government under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. §3901 3904, 5 shall be exempt from payment of the registration fee fees 6 provided in this chapter for that vehicle, and shall be 7 provided, without fee, with one set of regular registration 8 plates or one set of any type of special registration plates 9 associated with service in the United States armed forces for 10 which the disabled veteran qualifies under section 321.34 . The 11 disabled veteran, to be able to claim the benefit, must be a 12 resident of the state of Iowa. In lieu of the set of regular 13 or special military registration plates available without fee, 14 the disabled veteran may obtain a set of nonmilitary special 15 registration plates or personalized plates issued under section 16 321.34 by paying the additional fees associated with those 17 plates. 18 b. A disabled veteran with a service-related disability 19 rating of fifty percent or higher as determined by the United 20 States department of veterans affairs shall be exempt from 21 payment of the registration fees provided in this chapter for 22 one vehicle, and shall be provided, without fee, with one 23 set of regular registration plates or one set of any type of 24 special registration plates associated with service in the 25 United States armed forces for which the disabled veteran 26 qualifies under section 321.34. The disabled veteran, to be 27 able to claim the benefit, must be a resident of the state 28 of Iowa. In lieu of the set of regular or special military 29 registration plates available without fee, the disabled veteran 30 may obtain a set of nonmilitary special registration plates or 31 personalized plates issued under section 321.34 by paying the 32 additional fees associated with those plates. However, if the 33 disabled veteran was issued or reassigned a set of nonmilitary 34 special registration plates or personalized plates in the 35 -1- LSB 5528YC (1) 89 th/ns 1/ 3
H.F. _____ one-year period prior to July 1, 2022, the disabled veteran may 1 continue to use the plates without paying the additional fees 2 associated with those plates. 3 Sec. 2. Section 321L.2, subsection 1, paragraph a, 4 subparagraph (2), Code 2022, is amended to read as follows: 5 (2) Persons with disabilities parking sticker. An 6 applicant who owns a motor vehicle for which the applicant 7 has been issued registration plates under section 321.34 or 8 registration plates as a seriously disabled veteran under 9 section 321.105 may apply to the department for a persons with 10 disabilities parking sticker to be affixed to the plates. The 11 persons with disabilities parking stickers shall bear the 12 international symbol of accessibility. 13 Sec. 3. Section 321L.2, subsection 5, Code 2022, is amended 14 to read as follows: 15 5. A seriously disabled veteran who has been provided with 16 an automobile or other vehicle by the United States government 17 under the provisions of 38 U.S.C. §3901 3904 , or a disabled 18 veteran with a service-related disability rating of fifty 19 percent or higher as determined by the United States department 20 of veterans affairs, is not required to apply for a persons 21 with disabilities parking permit under this section unless 22 the veteran has been issued special registration plates or 23 personalized plates for the vehicle. The regular registration 24 plates issued for the disabled veteran’s vehicle without fee 25 pursuant to section 321.105 entitle the disabled veteran to 26 all of the rights and privileges associated with persons with 27 disabilities parking permits under this chapter . 28 EXPLANATION 29 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 30 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 31 Current law exempts seriously disabled veterans who have 32 been provided with an automobile or other vehicle by the United 33 States government from paying motor vehicle registration fees 34 and applying for a persons with disabilities parking permit. 35 -2- LSB 5528YC (1) 89 th/ns 2/ 3
H.F. _____ This bill broadens these exemptions to include disabled 1 veterans with a service-related disability rating of 50 percent 2 or higher as determined by the United States department of 3 veterans affairs. 4 The bill provides such disabled veterans with one free set 5 of regular registration plates or one free set of any type of 6 special registration plates associated with service in the 7 United States armed forces for which the disabled veteran 8 qualifies under Code section 321.34. The bill requires the 9 disabled veteran to be a resident of the state of Iowa. In lieu 10 of the set of regular or special military registration plates 11 available without fee, the disabled veteran may obtain a set of 12 nonmilitary special registration plates or personalized plates 13 by paying the additional fees associated with those plates. 14 However, if the veteran was issued or reassigned such plates 15 prior to July 1, 2022, the veteran may continue to use the 16 plates without paying the additional fees. 17 By operation of law, Code section 321.166 requires the 18 registration plates provided under the bill to display the 19 alphabetical characters “DV” preceding the registration plate 20 number. 21 -3- LSB 5528YC (1) 89 th/ns 3/ 3
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