Senate File 188 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  BEALL, DOTZLER, DANIELSON,
                                           RAGAN, KREIMAN, SCHMITZ,
                                           WOOD, CONNOLLY, STEWART,
                                           BLACK, KIBBIE, GRONSTAL,
                                           APPEL, FRAISE, DEARDEN,
                                           OLIVE, QUIRMBACH, DVORSKY,
                                           HANCOCK, HORN, SEYMOUR,
                                           MULDER, McKINLEY, JOHNSON,
                                           WARD, ZIEMAN, BOETTGER,
                                           ANGELO, McKIBBEN, HAHN,
                                           HOUSER, and NOBLE


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act creating a special gold star motor vehicle registration
  2    plate.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2210XS 82
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.34, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  24.  GOLD STAR PLATES.  An owner referred
  1  4 to in subsection 12 who is the surviving spouse or surviving
  1  5 parent of a deceased member of the United States armed forces
  1  6 who died during a time of military conflict may order special
  1  7 registration plates bearing a gold star emblem upon written
  1  8 application to the department accompanied by satisfactory
  1  9 supporting documentation as determined by the department.  The
  1 10 gold star emblem shall be designed by the department in
  1 11 cooperation with the commission of veterans affairs.  Letter
  1 12 number designated gold star plates shall be issued at no
  1 13 charge and shall be validated annually by the county treasurer
  1 14 upon payment of the regular annual registration fee.  The fee
  1 15 for issuance of personalized gold star plates is twenty=five
  1 16 dollars, and the annual fee for personalized gold star plates
  1 17 is five dollars, which is in addition to the regular annual
  1 18 registration fee.
  1 19                           EXPLANATION
  1 20    This bill establishes a new special motor vehicle
  1 21 registration plate to be issued free of charge to a surviving
  1 22 spouse or surviving parent of a deceased member of the United
  1 23 States armed forces who died during a time of military
  1 24 conflict.  The special gold star registration plates shall be
  1 25 issued at no charge to the applicant and renewed upon payment
  1 26 of the annual registration fees for the vehicle.  Personalized
  1 27 gold star plates shall be issued for a fee of $25 and renewed
  1 28 upon payment of the annual registration fees for the vehicle
  1 29 plus a $5 personalized plate renewal fee.
  1 30 LSB 2210XS 82
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