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

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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

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