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Senate Amendment 5399

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  1  1    Amend Senate File 2268 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    "Sec. 100.  Section 321.179, Code Supplement 1995,
  1  5 is amended by adding the following new subsection:
  1  6    NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  By July 1, 1996, an additional
  1  7 twenty-four counties as designated by the department,
  1  8 and by July 1, 1997, any county requesting to do so,
  1  9 shall be authorized to issue motor vehicle licenses,
  1 10 nonoperator's identification cards, and handicapped
  1 11 identification devices on a permanent basis, as
  1 12 provided in this section."
  1 13    #2.  Page 10, by inserting after line 26 the
  1 14 following:
  1 15    "Sec. 101.  ISSUANCE OF MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES BY
  1 16 COUNTY TREASURERS – EXPANSION – FUNDING.
  1 17    1.  By July 1, 1996, twenty-four counties in
  1 18 addition to those counties referenced in section
  1 19 321.179 and by July 1, 1997, any other county
  1 20 requesting to do so, shall be authorized to issue
  1 21 motor vehicle licenses on a permanent basis.  The
  1 22 department shall select the twenty-four new counties
  1 23 from a pool of counties which have so requested.  The
  1 24 county treasurers' offices in the designated counties
  1 25 shall issue motor vehicle licenses, including
  1 26 commercial driver's licenses, nonoperator's
  1 27 identification cards, and handicapped identification
  1 28 devices.  The department shall designate the counties
  1 29 by July 1, 1996.  The department shall authorize any
  1 30 other county requesting to do so, to issue motor
  1 31 vehicle licenses pursuant to this section and section
  1 32 321.179 by July 1, 1997.
  1 33    2.  The state department of transportation shall
  1 34 work in conjunction with the county treasurer in each
  1 35 designated county and with a representative of the
  1 36 Iowa state county treasurers association to facilitate
  1 37 and implement the transfer of licensing duties and
  1 38 responsibilities to the designated counties in
  1 39 accordance with all of the following:
  1 40    a.  The department shall retain all administrative
  1 41 authority over licensing functions which shall include
  1 42 administrative procedures relating to cancellation,
  1 43 revocation, or suspension of licenses, administrative
  1 44 hearings and appeals, and training.
  1 45    b.  The department shall provide the county
  1 46 treasurer's office in each of the counties with all of
  1 47 the supplies, materials, and equipment necessary to
  1 48 carry out the provisions of this subsection.
  1 49    c.  If it is necessary for a county treasurer to
  1 50 hire additional employees, first priority in hiring
  2  1 shall be given to current employees of the department
  2  2 who become unemployed due to the changes necessitated
  2  3 by this section.
  2  4    d.  The county treasurers in the designated
  2  5 counties shall be required to offer hours and days of
  2  6 service to the public equal to or greater than the
  2  7 hours and days of service provided by the state
  2  8 department of transportation in the designated county
  2  9 immediately prior to the start of the county's
  2 10 provision of the service.
  2 11    3.  Notwithstanding any other provisions to the
  2 12 contrary, the county treasurers of the counties
  2 13 authorized to issue motor vehicle licenses may retain
  2 14 for deposit in the county general fund, up to five
  2 15 dollars for each motor vehicle license transaction,
  2 16 including, but not limited to, issuance or renewal of
  2 17 motor vehicle licenses, nonoperator's identification
  2 18 cards, or handicapped identification devices.
  2 19    4.  As a condition for retention of moneys under
  2 20 subsection 3, a county treasurer shall document the
  2 21 actual quarterly expenditures associated with motor
  2 22 vehicle license issuance including the amount of time
  2 23 spent during that quarter on motor vehicle license-
  2 24 related activities, the proportionate share of
  2 25 salaries and benefits for county employees performing
  2 26 motor vehicle license-related activities, the total
  2 27 numbers of transactions conducted, and other costs
  2 28 related to the administration of motor vehicle
  2 29 license-related activities.  Each county treasurer
  2 30 shall provide the documentation of expenditures to the
  2 31 state department of transportation and legislative
  2 32 fiscal bureau.  If the county treasurer's total
  2 33 expenses are less than the moneys retained under this
  2 34 subsection, the county treasurer shall submit the
  2 35 difference to the treasurer of state on a quarterly
  2 36 basis.  The treasurer of state shall deposit that
  2 37 amount in the road use tax fund."
  2 38    #3.  Page 10, by inserting after line 30 the
  2 39 following:
  2 40    "Sec.    .  Sections 100 and 101 of this Act, being
  2 41 deemed of immediate importance, take effect upon
  2 42 enactment."
  2 43    #4.  Title page, by striking line 7 and inserting
  2 44 the following:  "and by providing retroactive
  2 45 applicability and effective dates."
  2 46    #5.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  2 47 
  2 48 
  2 49                              
  2 50 EUGENE FRAISE
  3  1 
  3  2 
  3  3                              
  3  4 JOANN DOUGLAS
  3  5 JOHN P. KIBBIE
  3  6 DERRYL McLAREN
  3  7 NANCY BOETTGER
  3  8 SF 2268.501 76
  3  9 js/jw
     

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