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1 1 HOUSE FILE 200
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 RELATING TO SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES.
1 5
1 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 7
1 8 Section 1. Section 321.34, subsection 3, Code 1999, is
1 9 amended to read as follows:
1 10 3. RADIO OPERATORS PLATES. The owner of an automobile,
1 11 light delivery truck, panel delivery truck, motorcycle,
1 12 trailer, or pickup who holds an amateur radio license issued
1 13 by the federal communications commission may, upon written
1 14 application to the county treasurer accompanied by a fee of
1 15 five dollars, order special registration plates bearing the
1 16 call letters authorized the radio station covered by the
1 17 person's amateur radio license. When received by the county
1 18 treasurer, such special registration plates shall be issued to
1 19 the applicant in exchange for the registration plates
1 20 previously issued to the person. Not more than one set of
1 21 special registration plates may be issued to an applicant.
1 22 Said fee shall be in addition to and not in lieu of the fee
1 23 for regular registration plates. Special registration plates
1 24 must be surrendered upon expiration of the owner's amateur
1 25 radio license and the owner shall thereupon be entitled to the
1 26 owner's regular registration plates. The county treasurer
1 27 shall validate special plates in the same manner as regular
1 28 registration plates, upon payment of five dollars in addition
1 29 to the regular annual registration fee.
1 30 Sec. 2. Section 321.34, subsection 8, unnumbered paragraph
1 31 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
1 32 The owner of a motor vehicle subject to registration under
1 33 section 321.109, subsection 1, light delivery truck, panel
1 34 delivery truck, motorcycle, trailer, or pickup who has been
1 35 awarded the congressional medal of honor may, upon written
2 1 application to the department, order special registration
2 2 plates which shall be red, white, and blue in color and shall
2 3 bear an emblem of the congressional medal of honor and an
2 4 identifying number. Each applicant applying for special
2 5 registration plates under this subsection may purchase only
2 6 one set of registration plates under this subsection. The
2 7 application is subject to approval by the department and the
2 8 special registration plates shall be issued to the applicant
2 9 in exchange for the registration plates previously issued to
2 10 the person. The special plates are subject to an annual
2 11 registration fee of fifteen dollars. The department shall
2 12 validate the special plates in the same manner as regular
2 13 registration plates are validated under this section. The
2 14 department shall not issue special registration plates until
2 15 service organizations in the state have furnished the
2 16 department either the special dies or the cost of the special
2 17 dies necessary for the manufacture of the special registration
2 18 plate.
2 19 Sec. 3. Section 321.34, subsection 8A, unnumbered
2 20 paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
2 21 The owner of a motor vehicle subject to registration under
2 22 section 321.109, subsection 1, light delivery truck, panel
2 23 delivery truck, motorcycle, trailer, or pickup who was a
2 24 prisoner of war during the Second World War at any time
2 25 between December 7, 1941, and December 31, 1946, the Korean
2 26 Conflict at any time between June 25, 1950, and January 31,
2 27 1955, or the Vietnam Conflict at any time between August 5,
2 28 1964, and June 30, 1973, all dates inclusive, may, upon
2 29 written application to the department, order only one set of
2 30 special registration plates with an ex-prisoner of war
2 31 processed emblem. The emblem shall be designed by the
2 32 department in cooperation with the adjutant general and shall
2 33 signify that the owner was a prisoner of war as described in
2 34 this subsection. The application is subject to approval by
2 35 the department, in consultation with the adjutant general.
3 1 The special plates shall be issued at no charge and are
3 2 subject to an annual registration fee of fifteen dollars. The
3 3 county treasurer shall validate the special plates in the same
3 4 manner as regular registration plates are validated under this
3 5 section.
3 6 Sec. 4. Section 321.34, subsections 10 and 10A, Code 1999,
3 7 are amended to read as follows:
3 8 10. FIRE FIGHTER PLATES. The owner of a motor vehicle
3 9 subject to registration pursuant to section 321.109,
3 10 subsection 1, light delivery truck, panel delivery truck,
3 11 pickup, motor home, multipurpose vehicle, motorcycle, trailer,
3 12 or travel trailer who is a current or former member of a paid
3 13 or volunteer fire department, may upon written application to
3 14 the department, order special registration plates, designed by
3 15 the department in cooperation with representatives designated
3 16 by the Iowa fire fighters' associations, which plates signify
3 17 that the applicant is a current or former member of a paid or
3 18 volunteer fire department. The application shall be approved
3 19 by the department, in consultation with representatives
3 20 designated by the Iowa fire fighters' associations, and the
3 21 special registration plates shall be issued to the applicant
3 22 in exchange for the registration plates previously issued to
3 23 the person. The fee for the special plates shall be twenty-
3 24 five dollars which shall be in addition to the regular annual
3 25 registration fee. The department shall validate the special
3 26 plates in the same manner as regular registration plates are
3 27 validated under this section at the regular annual
3 28 registration fee.
3 29 10A. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PLATES. The owner of a
3 30 motor vehicle subject to registration pursuant to section
3 31 321.109, subsection 1, light delivery truck, panel delivery
3 32 truck, pickup, motor home, multipurpose vehicle, motorcycle,
3 33 trailer, or travel trailer who is a current member of a paid
3 34 or volunteer emergency medical services agency may, upon
3 35 written application to the department, order special
4 1 registration plates, designed by the department in cooperation
4 2 with representatives designated by the Iowa emergency medical
4 3 services association, which plates signify that the applicant
4 4 is a current member of a paid or volunteer emergency medical
4 5 services agency. The application shall be approved by the
4 6 department, in consultation with representatives designated by
4 7 the Iowa emergency medical services association, and the
4 8 special registration plates shall be issued to the applicant
4 9 in exchange for the registration plates previously issued to
4 10 the person. The fee for the special plates shall be twenty-
4 11 five dollars which shall be in addition to the regular annual
4 12 registration fee. The department shall validate the special
4 13 plates in the same manner as regular registration plates are
4 14 validated under this section at the regular annual
4 15 registration fee.
4 16 Sec. 5. Section 321.34, subsection 11, paragraph a, Code
4 17 1999, is amended to read as follows:
4 18 a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the
4 19 director may issue natural resources plates to the owner of a
4 20 motor vehicle subject to registration under section 321.109,
4 21 subsection 1, light delivery truck, panel delivery truck,
4 22 pickup, motor home, multipurpose vehicle, motorcycle, trailer,
4 23 or travel trailer.
4 24 Sec. 6. Section 321.34, subsection 11A, paragraph a, Code
4 25 1999, is amended to read as follows:
4 26 a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the
4 27 director may issue "love our kids" plates to the owner of a
4 28 motor vehicle subject to registration under section 321.109,
4 29 subsection 1, light delivery truck, panel delivery truck,
4 30 pickup, motor home, multipurpose vehicle, motorcycle, trailer,
4 31 or travel trailer.
4 32 Sec. 7. Section 321.34, subsection 11B, paragraph a, Code
4 33 1999, is amended to read as follows:
4 34 a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the
4 35 director may issue "motorcycle rider education" plates to the
5 1 owner of a motor vehicle subject to registration under section
5 2 321.109, subsection 1, light delivery truck, panel delivery
5 3 truck, pickup, motor home, multipurpose vehicle, motorcycle,
5 4 trailer, or travel trailer.
5 5 Sec. 8. Section 321.34, subsection 12, paragraph a, Code
5 6 1999, is amended to read as follows:
5 7 a. The owner of a motor vehicle subject to registration
5 8 pursuant to section 321.109, subsection 1, light delivery
5 9 truck, panel delivery truck, pickup, motor home, multipurpose
5 10 vehicle, motorcycle, trailer, or travel trailer may, upon
5 11 written application to the department, order special
5 12 registration plates with a distinguishing processed emblem as
5 13 authorized by this section or as approved by the department.
5 14 The fee for the issuance of special registration plates is
5 15 twenty-five dollars for each vehicle, unless otherwise
5 16 provided by this section, which fee is in addition to the
5 17 regular annual registration fee. The county treasurer shall
5 18 validate special registration plates with a distinguishing
5 19 processed emblem in the same manner as regular registration
5 20 plates, upon payment of five dollars in addition to the
5 21 regular annual registration fee.
5 22 Sec. 9. Section 321.34, subsection 12, is amended by
5 23 adding the following new paragraph:
5 24 NEW PARAGRAPH. d. A special registration plate issued for
5 25 a motorcycle or motorized bicycle under this section shall be
5 26 designated in the manner provided for personalized
5 27 registration plates under subsection 5, paragraph "a".
5 28
5 29
5 30
5 31 RON J. CORBETT
5 32 Speaker of the House
5 33
5 34
5 35
6 1 MARY E. KRAMER
6 2 President of the Senate
6 3
6 4 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
6 5 is known as House File 200, Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
6 6
6 7
6 8
6 9 ELIZABETH ISAACSON
6 10 Chief Clerk of the House
6 11 Approved , 1999
6 12
6 13
6 14
6 15 THOMAS J. VILSACK
6 16 Governor
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