House File 497

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO HF 222)


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to fees charged for special fire fighter motor
  2    vehicle registration plates and making an appropriation.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2186HV 80
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  100.34  FIRE FIGHTER REGISTRATION
  1  2 PLATE FEE FUND.
  1  3    A fire fighter registration plate fee fund is created in
  1  4 the state treasury under the control of the state fire
  1  5 marshal.  The fund shall include the fees transferred by the
  1  6 treasurer of state from the sale of special fire fighter
  1  7 registration plates pursuant to section 321.34, subsection 10.
  1  8 Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the division of fire
  1  9 protection in the department of public safety to be used for
  1 10 training programs for volunteer fire fighters.
  1 11 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund shall not
  1 12 revert to the general fund of the state at the end of the
  1 13 fiscal year, but shall be available for expenditure by the
  1 14 state fire marshal for volunteer fire fighter training in
  1 15 future fiscal years.
  1 16    Sec. 2.  Section 321.34, subsection 10, Code 2003, is
  1 17 amended to read as follows:
  1 18    10.  FIRE FIGHTER PLATES.  The owner of a motor vehicle
  1 19 subject to registration pursuant to section 321.109,
  1 20 subsection 1, light delivery truck, panel delivery truck,
  1 21 pickup, motor home, multipurpose vehicle, motorcycle, trailer,
  1 22 or travel trailer referred to in subsection 12 who is a
  1 23 current or former member of a paid or volunteer fire
  1 24 department, may, upon written application to the department,
  1 25 order special registration plates, designed by the department
  1 26 in cooperation with representatives designated by the Iowa
  1 27 fire fighters' associations, which plates signify that the
  1 28 applicant is a current or former member of a paid or volunteer
  1 29 fire department.  The application shall be approved by the
  1 30 department, in consultation with representatives designated by
  1 31 the Iowa fire fighters' associations, and the special
  1 32 registration plates shall be issued to the applicant in
  1 33 exchange for the registration plates previously issued to the
  1 34 person.  The fee for the special plates shall be is twenty=
  1 35 five dollars which shall be is in addition to the regular
  2  1 annual registration fee.  Notwithstanding section 423.24, and
  2  2 prior to the crediting of revenues to the road use tax fund
  2  3 under section 423.24, subsection 1, paragraph "b", the
  2  4 treasurer of state shall transfer monthly from those revenues
  2  5 to the fire fighter fund created pursuant to section 100.34
  2  6 for volunteer fire fighter training the amount of the special
  2  7 fees collected in the previous month for the fire fighter
  2  8 plates.  The department shall validate the special plates in
  2  9 the same manner as regular registration plates are validated
  2 10 under this section at the regular annual registration fee.
  2 11                           EXPLANATION
  2 12    This bill requires that fees charged for the issuance of
  2 13 special fire fighter motor vehicle registration plates be
  2 14 transferred to the division of fire protection of the
  2 15 department of public safety for expenditure by the state fire
  2 16 marshal for volunteer fire fighter training.  A special fund
  2 17 is created in the state treasury for receipt of the funds.
  2 18 LSB 2186HV 80
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