Senate File 312 - Reprinted SENATE FILE 312 BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION (SUCCESSOR TO SF 9) (As Amended and Passed by the Senate March 21, 2011 ) A BILL FOR An Act concerning special motor vehicle registration plates, 1 including registration plates issued for business-trade 2 trucks and special trucks, creating new combat infantryman 3 badge, combat action badge, combat action ribbon, and combat 4 medical badge registration plates, and including effective 5 date and applicability provisions. 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 7 SF 312 (3) 84 dea/nh

S.F. 312 DIVISION I 1 BUSINESS-TRADE AND SPECIAL TRUCKS —— REGISTRATION PLATES 2 Section 1. Section 321.34, subsection 10, paragraph b, Code 3 2011, is amended to read as follows: 4 b. The application shall be approved by the department 5 in consultation with representatives designated by the Iowa 6 fire fighters’ associations, and the special registration 7 plates shall be issued to the applicant in exchange for the 8 registration plates previously issued to the person. An 9 applicant who is the owner of a business-trade truck or special 10 truck shall not be issued special fire fighter registration 11 plates for more than one vehicle. The fee for the special 12 plates is twenty-five dollars which shall be paid in addition 13 to the regular annual registration fee. The department shall 14 validate the special plates in the same manner as regular 15 registration plates are validated under this section at the 16 regular annual registration fee. 17 Sec. 2. Section 321.120, subsection 3, Code 2011, is amended 18 to read as follows: 19 3. Upon approval of the application and payment of 20 the proper fees, the county treasurer shall issue regular 21 registration plates for the vehicle which distinguish the 22 vehicle as a business-trade truck. The department may adopt 23 rules requiring the use of a sticker or other means to identify 24 motor vehicles registered under this section. 25 Sec. 3. Section 321.121, Code 2011, is amended by adding the 26 following new subsection: 27 NEW SUBSECTION . 1A. Upon approval of the application 28 and payment of the proper fees, the county treasurer shall 29 issue regular registration plates for the special truck. The 30 department may adopt rules requiring the use of a sticker or 31 other means to identify motor vehicles registered under this 32 section. 33 Sec. 4. PHASED-IN ELIMINATION OF BUSINESS-TRADE TRUCK AND 34 SPECIAL TRUCK PLATES. 35 -1- SF 312 (3) 84 dea/nh 1/ 4

S.F. 312 1. It is the intent of the general assembly that the owners 1 of business-trade trucks and special trucks have access to 2 any of the specialty registration plates issued under section 3 321.34 under the same terms and conditions that apply to owners 4 of other motor vehicles under that section, except that the 5 issuance of special fire fighter plates shall be subject to 6 the limitation imposed under section 321.34, subsection 10, as 7 amended in this Act. 8 2. By January 1, 2012, the department of transportation 9 shall discontinue the practice of issuing business-trade truck 10 registration plates and special truck registration plates, 11 and shall instead provide regular registration plates for new 12 business-trade truck and special truck registrations. Current 13 requirements and fees for business-trade truck and special 14 truck registrations continue to apply. In conjunction with the 15 transition to the issuance of regular registration plates for 16 business-trade and special trucks, the following registration 17 practices shall apply: 18 a. Except as provided in paragraph “b”, current owners of 19 vehicles with business-trade or special truck plates shall 20 continue to use those plates until ownership of the vehicle is 21 transferred or until a new series of Iowa registration plates 22 is issued by the department of transportation. 23 b. The owner of a motor vehicle with current business-trade 24 truck plates or special truck plates may elect to be issued 25 specialty plates in lieu of the current registration plates for 26 the vehicle, subject to the terms and conditions applicable 27 under section 321.34. 28 c. The owner of a motor vehicle being registered for the 29 first time as a business-trade truck or special truck may elect 30 to be issued specialty plates in lieu of regular registration 31 plates, subject to the terms and conditions applicable under 32 section 321.34. 33 Sec. 5. APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies 34 for registration plates issued during registration periods 35 -2- SF 312 (3) 84 dea/nh 2/ 4

S.F. 312 beginning on or after January 1, 2012. 1 DIVISION II 2 NEW SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES 3 Sec. 6. Section 35A.11, Code 2011, is amended by adding the 4 following new subsection: 5 NEW SUBSECTION . 8A. Combat infantryman badge, combat 6 action badge, combat action ribbon, and combat medical badge 7 plates issued pursuant to section 321.34, subsection 20C. 8 Sec. 7. Section 321.34, Code 2011, is amended by adding the 9 following new subsection: 10 NEW SUBSECTION . 20C. Combat infantryman badge, combat 11 action badge, combat action ribbon, and combat medical badge 12 plates. 13 a. An owner referred to in subsection 12 who was awarded 14 a combat infantryman badge, combat action badge, combat 15 action ribbon, or combat medical badge by the United States 16 government may, upon written application to the department 17 and presentation of satisfactory proof of the award, order 18 special registration plates with a combat infantryman badge, 19 combat action badge, combat action ribbon, or combat medical 20 badge processed emblem. The emblems shall be designed by the 21 department in consultation with the adjutant general. The 22 special plate fees collected by the director under subsection 23 12, paragraphs “a” and “c” , from the issuance and annual 24 validation of letter-number designated and personalized combat 25 infantryman badge, combat action badge, combat action ribbon, 26 and combat medical badge plates shall be paid monthly to the 27 treasurer of state and deposited in the road use tax fund. The 28 treasurer of state shall transfer monthly from the statutory 29 allocations fund created under section 321.145, subsection 2, 30 to the veterans license fee fund created in section 35A.11 31 the amount of the special fees collected under subsection 12, 32 paragraph “a” , in the previous month for combat infantryman 33 badge, combat action badge, combat action ribbon, and combat 34 medical badge plates. 35 -3- SF 312 (3) 84 dea/nh 3/ 4

S.F. 312 b. The surviving spouse of a person who was issued special 1 plates under this subsection may continue to use or apply for 2 and use the special plates subject to registration of the 3 special plates in the surviving spouse’s name and upon payment 4 of the annual five-dollar special plate fee and the regular 5 annual registration fee for the vehicle. If the surviving 6 spouse remarries, the surviving spouse shall return the special 7 plates to the department and the department shall issue regular 8 registration plates to the surviving spouse. 9 Sec. 8. Section 321.145, subsection 2, paragraph b, 10 subparagraph (3), Code 2011, is amended to read as follows: 11 (3) The amounts required to be transferred pursuant to 12 section 321.34 from revenues available under this subsection 13 shall be transferred and credited as provided in section 14 321.34 , subsections 7, 10, 10A, 11, 11A, 11B, 13, 16, 17, 18, 15 19, 20, 20A, 20B, 20C, 21, 22, 23, and 24 for the various 16 purposes specified in those subsections. 17 Sec. 9. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act takes 18 effect January 1, 2012. 19 -4- SF 312 (3) 84 dea/nh 4/ 4