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:
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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.
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