Bill Text: IA SF61 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to motor vehicle registration fees for disabled veterans. (See SF 185.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-05 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 185. S.J. 237. [SF61 Detail]
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BY
DAWSON
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:
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Section
1.
Section
321.105,
subsection
5,
Code
2019,
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
seventy
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
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one-year
period
prior
to
July
1,
2019,
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
2019,
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
2019,
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
seventy
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.
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This
bill
broadens
these
exemptions
to
include
disabled
1
veterans
with
a
service-related
disability
rating
of
70
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,
2019,
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.
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