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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.34, Code 1997, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  8A.  EX-PRISONER OF WAR SPECIAL PLATES.
  1  4 The owner of a motor vehicle subject to registration under
  1  5 section 321.109, subsection 1, light delivery truck, panel
  1  6 delivery truck, or pickup who was a prisoner of war during the
  1  7 Second World War at any time between December 7, 1941, and
  1  8 December 31, 1946, the Korean Conflict at any time between
  1  9 June 25, 1950, and January 31, 1955, or the Vietnam Conflict
  1 10 at any time between August 5, 1964, and June 30, 1973, all
  1 11 dates inclusive, may, upon written application to the
  1 12 department, order special registration plates with an ex-
  1 13 prisoner of war processed emblem with the emblem designed by
  1 14 the department in cooperation with the adjutant general which
  1 15 emblem signifies that the owner was a prisoner of war as
  1 16 described in this subsection.  The application is subject to
  1 17 approval by the department, in consultation with the adjutant
  1 18 general.  The special plates are subject to an annual fee of
  1 19 fifteen dollars.  The department shall validate the special
  1 20 plates in the same manner as regular registration plates are
  1 21 validated under this section.
  1 22    The surviving spouse of a person who was issued special
  1 23 plates under this subsection may continue to use the special
  1 24 plates subject to registration of the special plates in the
  1 25 surviving spouse's name and upon payment of the annual
  1 26 registration fee.  If the surviving spouse remarries, the
  1 27 surviving spouse shall return the special plates to the
  1 28 department and the department shall issue regular registration
  1 29 plates to the surviving spouse.
  1 30    Sec. 2.  Section 321.34, subsection 15, Code 1997, is
  1 31 amended by striking the subsection.
  1 32    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATE.  This Act, being
  1 33 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment
  1 34 and is retroactively applicable to January 1, 1997.  The
  1 35 county treasurer shall refund to an owner any registration
  2  1 fees in excess of fifteen dollars paid by the owner for ex-
  2  2 prisoner of war special plates.  
  2  3                           EXPLANATION
  2  4    This bill provides that the fee for ex-prisoner of war
  2  5 special motor vehicle registration plates is only $15 and does
  2  6 not include the regular annual registration fee and provides
  2  7 that the department of transportation is to validate the
  2  8 plates in the same manner as regular plates.
  2  9    The bill takes effect upon enactment and is retroactively
  2 10 effective to January 1, 1997.  The bill requires county
  2 11 treasurers to refund the registration fees paid for the plates
  2 12 which is above $15.  
  2 13 LSB 1087HH 77
  2 14 mk/jw/5.1
     

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