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1 1 SENATE FILE 5
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION FEE FOR EX-PRISONER OF WAR MOTOR
1 5 VEHICLE PLATES AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND A RETRO-
1 6 ACTIVE APPLICABILITY DATE.
1 7
1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 9
1 10 Section 1. Section 321.34, Code 1997, is amended by adding
1 11 the following new subsection:
1 12 NEW SUBSECTION. 8A. EX-PRISONER OF WAR SPECIAL PLATES.
1 13 The owner of a motor vehicle subject to registration under
1 14 section 321.109, subsection 1, light delivery truck, panel
1 15 delivery truck, or pickup who was a prisoner of war during the
1 16 Second World War at any time between December 7, 1941, and
1 17 December 31, 1946, the Korean Conflict at any time between
1 18 June 25, 1950, and January 31, 1955, or the Vietnam Conflict
1 19 at any time between August 5, 1964, and June 30, 1973, all
1 20 dates inclusive, may, upon written application to the
1 21 department, order only one set of special registration plates
1 22 with an ex-prisoner of war processed emblem. The emblem shall
1 23 be designed by the department in cooperation with the adjutant
1 24 general and shall signify that the owner was a prisoner of war
1 25 as described in this subsection. The application is subject
1 26 to approval by the department, in consultation with the
1 27 adjutant general. The special plates shall be issued at no
1 28 charge and are subject to an annual fee registration of
1 29 fifteen dollars. The county treasurer shall validate the
1 30 special plates in the same manner as regular registration
1 31 plates are validated under this section.
1 32 The surviving spouse of a person who was issued special
1 33 plates under this subsection may continue to use the special
1 34 plates subject to registration of the special plates in the
1 35 surviving spouse's name and upon payment of the annual
2 1 registration fee. If the surviving spouse remarries, the
2 2 surviving spouse shall return the special plates to the
2 3 department and the department shall issue regular registration
2 4 plates to the surviving spouse.
2 5 Sec. 2. Section 321.34, subsection 15, Code 1997, is
2 6 amended by striking the subsection.
2 7 Sec. 3. A person eligible to be issued ex-prisoner of war
2 8 special plates who ordered and paid for the special plates on
2 9 or after January 1, 1997, but prior to the effective date of
2 10 this Act shall be entitled to a refund from the state
2 11 department of transportation of all fees in excess of fifteen
2 12 dollars paid for issuance of one set of the special plates. A
2 13 person eligible for a refund under this section shall submit a
2 14 claim for a refund to the state department of transportation
2 15 on a form for that purpose obtained from the county treasurer.
2 16 Notwithstanding any provision of the Code to the contrary,
2 17 refunds shall be paid by the department from registration fees
2 18 deposited in the road use tax fund under section 321.145.
2 19 A person who obtained more than one set of special plates
2 20 under section 321.34, subsection 15, shall surrender the
2 21 additional sets of special plates not later than the end of
2 22 the registration year for which the plates were issued. A
2 23 refund shall not be issued for additional sets of special
2 24 plates.
2 25 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATE. This Act, being
2 26 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment
2 27 and is retroactively applicable to January 1, 1997.
2 28
2 29
2 30
2 31 MARY E. KRAMER
2 32 President of the Senate
2 33
2 34
2 35
3 1 RON J. CORBETT
3 2 Speaker of the House
3 3
3 4 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
3 5 is known as Senate File 5, Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
3 6
3 7
3 8
3 9 MARY PAT GUNDERSON
3 10 Secretary of the Senate
3 11 Approved , 1997
3 12
3 13
3 14
3 15 TERRY E. BRANSTAD
3 16 Governor
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