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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.34, Code 2001, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 12A. A person who applies for any type of 1 4 special registration plates associated with service in the 1 5 United States armed forces shall be given a credit toward the 1 6 amount of the initial issuance fee for the special 1 7 registration plates in the amount of the special registration 1 8 plates issuance fee provided for in subsection 12, paragraph 1 9 "a", if all of the following conditions are met: 1 10 a. The person is eligible for, but has relinquished to the 1 11 department or has not been issued, congressional medal of 1 12 honor, ex-prisoner of war, or legion of merit special 1 13 registration plates under this section, or disabled veteran 1 14 registration plates under section 321.105. 1 15 b. The person provides the appropriate information 1 16 regarding the person's eligibility for any of the special 1 17 registration plates described in paragraph "a", and regarding 1 18 the person's eligibility for the special registration plates 1 19 for which the person has applied, as required by the 1 20 department. 1 21 This subsection does not exempt a person from paying any 1 22 applicable annual registration fees or validation fees 1 23 associated with special registration plates. 1 24 Sec. 2. Section 321.105, unnumbered paragraph 5, Code 1 25 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 26 Seriously disabled veterans who have been provided with an 1 27 automobile or other vehicle by the United States government 1 28 under the provisions of sections 1901 to 1903, Title 38 of the 1 29 United States Code, 38 U.S.C. } 1901 et seq. (1970), shall be 1 30 exempt from payment of any automobile registration fee 1 31 provided in this chapter, and shall be provided, without fee, 1 32 with a registration plate. The disabled veteran, to be able 1 33 to claim the above benefit, must be a resident of the state of 1 34 Iowa.The disabled veteran may obtain a special or1 35personalized plate under section 321.34 by paying the2 1difference between the fee for a regular registration plate2 2and the fee for the special or personalized registration2 3plate.2 4 EXPLANATION 2 5 This bill creates a new subsection in Code section 321.34 2 6 that provides a credit toward the initial issuance fee for 2 7 armed forces special motor vehicle registration plates in the 2 8 amount of the general special registration plates initial 2 9 issuance fee (currently $25) for persons eligible for 2 10 congressional medal of honor, ex-prisoner of war, or legion of 2 11 merit special registration plates or for disabled veteran 2 12 registration plates. A person wishing to receive the credit 2 13 must not currently possess congressional medal of honor, ex- 2 14 prisoner of war, legion of merit, or disabled veteran special 2 15 registration plates, must provide the appropriate eligibility 2 16 information, and must pay all applicable annual registration 2 17 fees and validation fees. 2 18 The bill also deletes a provision added in 2000 which 2 19 allowed a disabled veteran who is eligible for a disabled 2 20 veteran registration plate a credit toward the fee for a 2 21 special or personalized registration plate in the amount of 2 22 the fee for a regular registration plate. 2 23 LSB 1183HH 79 2 24 nh/pj/5
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