HF 2620 (LSB 5105HV (1) 88)

HOUSE FILE 2620

BY  COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 2079)

(COMPANION TO SF 2181 BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to flying our colors special registration plates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.34, Code 2020, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  11D.  Flying our colors plates.
   a.  Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the director may issue flying our colors plates to the owner of a motor vehicle subject to registration under section 321.109, subsection 1, autocycle, motor truck, motor home, multipurpose vehicle, motorcycle, trailer, or travel trailer.
   b.  Flying our colors plates shall be designed by the department. Flying our colors plates shall be navy along the top and red along the bottom, and contain a white space in the middle of the plate which shall include the plate’s letters and numbers in black and a gray image of a bald eagle behind the plate’s letters and numbers. 
   c.  (1)  The special flying our colors fee for letter-number designated flying our colors plates is thirty-five dollars. An applicant may obtain personalized flying our colors plates upon payment of the fee for personalized plates as provided in subsection 5, which is in addition to the special fee. The fees collected by the director under this subsection shall be paid monthly to the treasurer of state and deposited in the road use tax fund.
   (2)  The treasurer of state shall credit monthly from the statutory allocations fund created under section 321.145, subsection 2, to the flood mitigation fund created under section 418.10, the amount of the special fees collected in the previous month for flying our colors plates. This subparagraph is repealed July 1, 2023.
   d.  Upon receipt of the special registration plates, the applicant shall surrender the current registration plates to the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall validate the special registration plates in the same manner as regular registration plates are validated under this section. The annual special flying our colors fee for letter-number designated flying our colors plates is ten dollars which shall be paid in addition to the regular annual registration fee. The annual fee for personalized flying our colors plates is five dollars which shall be paid in addition to the annual special flying our colors fee and the regular annual registration fee. The annual special flying our colors fee shall be credited as provided under paragraph “c”.
    Sec. 2.  Section 321.166, subsection 9, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   9.  Special registration plates issued pursuant to section 321.34, other than gold star, medal of honor, collegiate, fire fighter, natural resources, and blackout, and flying our colors registration plates, shall be consistent with the design and color of regular registration plates but shall provide a space on a portion of the plate for the purpose of allowing the placement of a distinguishing processed emblem or an organization decal. Special registration plates shall also comply with the requirements for regular registration plates as provided in this section to the extent the requirements are consistent with the section authorizing a particular special vehicle registration plate.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill authorizes the department of transportation (DOT) to issue flying our colors special registration plates. The bill requires that the flying our colors plate is to be designed with navy along the top, red along the bottom, and contain a white space in the middle of the plate which must include the plate’s letters and numbers in black and an image of a bald eagle behind the plate’s letters and numbers.
   The bill provides that a special flying our colors fee for letter-number designated flying our colors plates is $35 and that an applicant may obtain personalized flying our colors plates upon the payment of the $25 fee for personalized plates set forth under current law, which is in addition to the special flying our colors fee. The bill requires the fees collected by the DOT for the flying our colors plates to be paid monthly to the treasurer of state and deposited in the road use tax fund. 
   Until July 1, 2023, the treasurer of state must credit monthly from the statutory allocations fund to the flood mitigation fund the amount of special fees for flying our colors plates collected in the previous month.
   Upon receipt of the special registration plates, the applicant must surrender the current registration plates to the county treasurer. The county treasurer must validate the special registration plates in the same manner as regular registration plates are validated. The annual special flying our colors fee for letter-number designated plates is $10, which is in addition to the regular annual registration fee. The annual fee for personalized flying our colors plates is $5, which is in addition to the annual special flying our colors fee and the regular annual registration fee. The bill requires the annual special flying our colors fee to be credited in the same way as the special flying our colors fee.