Senate File 312 H-1490 Amend Senate File 312, as amended, passed, and 1 reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 2 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause 3 and inserting: 4 < Section 1. Section 321.34, subsection 10, 5 paragraph b, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows: 6 b. The application shall be approved by the 7 department in consultation with representatives 8 designated by the Iowa fire fighters’ associations, 9 and the special registration plates shall be issued to 10 the applicant in exchange for the registration plates 11 previously issued to the person. An applicant who is 12 the owner of a business-trade truck or special truck 13 shall not be issued special fire fighter registration 14 plates for more than one vehicle. The fee for the 15 special plates is twenty-five dollars which shall be 16 paid in addition to the regular annual registration 17 fee. The department shall validate the special plates 18 in the same manner as regular registration plates are 19 validated under this section at the regular annual 20 registration fee. 21 Sec. 2. Section 321.120, subsection 3, Code 2011, 22 is amended to read as follows: 23 3. Upon approval of the application and payment 24 of the proper fees, the county treasurer shall issue 25 regular registration plates for the vehicle which 26 distinguish the vehicle as a business-trade truck. 27 The department may adopt rules requiring the use of 28 a sticker or other means to identify motor vehicles 29 registered under this section. 30 Sec. 3. Section 321.121, Code 2011, is amended by 31 adding the following new subsection: 32 NEW SUBSECTION . 1A. Upon approval of the 33 application and payment of the proper fees, the county 34 treasurer shall issue regular registration plates for 35 the special truck. The department may adopt rules 36 requiring the use of a sticker or other means to 37 identify motor vehicles registered under this section. 38 Sec. 4. PHASED-IN ELIMINATION OF BUSINESS-TRADE 39 TRUCK AND SPECIAL TRUCK PLATES. 40 1. It is the intent of the general assembly that 41 the owners of business-trade trucks and special trucks 42 have access to any of the specialty registration plates 43 issued under section 321.34 under the same terms and 44 conditions that apply to owners of other motor vehicles 45 under that section, except that the issuance of special 46 fire fighter plates shall be subject to the limitation 47 imposed under section 321.34, subsection 10, as amended 48 in this Act. 49 2. By January 1, 2012, the department of 50 -1- SF312.2140 (1) 84 dea/nh 1/ 2 #1.

transportation shall discontinue the practice of 1 issuing business-trade truck registration plates 2 and special truck registration plates, and shall 3 instead provide regular registration plates for new 4 business-trade truck and special truck registrations. 5 Current requirements and fees for business-trade truck 6 and special truck registrations continue to apply. In 7 conjunction with the transition to the issuance of 8 regular registration plates for business-trade and 9 special trucks, the following registration practices 10 shall apply: 11 a. Except as provided in paragraph “b”, current 12 owners of vehicles with business-trade or special 13 truck plates shall continue to use those plates until 14 ownership of the vehicle is transferred or until a new 15 series of Iowa registration plates is issued by the 16 department of transportation. 17 b. The owner of a motor vehicle with current 18 business-trade truck plates or special truck plates 19 may elect to be issued specialty plates in lieu of the 20 current registration plates for the vehicle, subject 21 to the terms and conditions applicable under section 22 321.34. 23 c. The owner of a motor vehicle being registered 24 for the first time as a business-trade truck or special 25 truck may elect to be issued specialty plates in lieu 26 of regular registration plates, subject to the terms 27 and conditions applicable under section 321.34. 28 Sec. 5. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies for 29 registration plates issued during registration periods 30 beginning on or after January 1, 2012. > 31 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 6 and 32 inserting < An Act concerning registration plates issued 33 for business-trade trucks and special trucks, and 34 including applicability provisions. > 35 ______________________________ COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION TJEPKES of Webster, Chairperson -2- SF312.2140 (1) 84 dea/nh 2/ 2 #2.