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House Study Bill 657

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.34, Code Supplement 2001, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  23.  POLITICAL PARTY PLATES.
  1  4    a.  Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the
  1  5 director may issue political party plates to an owner referred
  1  6 to in subsection 12.
  1  7    b.  Political party plates shall be designed for each of
  1  8 the two largest political parties in the state, the Iowa
  1  9 democratic party and the republican party of Iowa.  The Iowa
  1 10 democratic party and the republican party of Iowa plates shall
  1 11 be designed by the department in cooperation with the Iowa
  1 12 democratic party and the republican party of Iowa, which
  1 13 design shall include on the plate the name of the county where
  1 14 the vehicle is registered.
  1 15    c.  The special Iowa democratic party or republican party
  1 16 of Iowa fee for letter numbered designated Iowa democratic
  1 17 party or republican party of Iowa plates is forty dollars.
  1 18 There is no additional fee for personalized Iowa democratic
  1 19 party or republican party of Iowa plates.  The fees collected
  1 20 by the director under this subsection shall be paid monthly to
  1 21 the treasurer of state and credited to the road use tax fund.
  1 22 Notwithstanding section 423.24, and prior to the crediting of
  1 23 revenues to the road use tax fund under section 423.24,
  1 24 subsection 1, paragraph "b", the treasurer of state shall
  1 25 credit monthly from those revenues, respectively, to the Iowa
  1 26 democratic party and the republican party of Iowa, the amount
  1 27 of the special political party registration fees collected in
  1 28 the previous month for political party plates issued for each
  1 29 political party.  The moneys credited are appropriated to the
  1 30 Iowa democratic party and the republican party of Iowa.
  1 31    d.  Upon receipt of the special registration plates, the
  1 32 applicant shall surrender the current registration receipt and
  1 33 plates to the county treasurer.  The county treasurer shall
  1 34 validate the special registration plates in the same manner as
  1 35 regular registration plates are validated under this section.
  2  1 The annual special political party fee for letter number
  2  2 designated plates is ten dollars, which shall be paid in
  2  3 addition to the regular annual registration fee.  There is no
  2  4 additional annual fee for personalized political party plates.
  2  5 The annual special political party fee shall be credited as
  2  6 provided under paragraph "c".  
  2  7                           EXPLANATION
  2  8    This bill directs the state department of transportation,
  2  9 in cooperation with the Iowa democratic party and the
  2 10 republican party of Iowa, to create new, special political
  2 11 party motor vehicle registration plates.  An owner of a motor
  2 12 vehicle subject to registration, light delivery truck, panel
  2 13 delivery truck, pickup, motor home, multipurpose vehicle,
  2 14 motorcycle, trailer, or travel trailer may apply for, and upon
  2 15 payment of a special fee of $40 for letter number designated
  2 16 plates or a request for personalized plates, be issued an Iowa
  2 17 democratic party plate or a republican party of Iowa plate.
  2 18 The annual special fee for either political party plate is $10
  2 19 for letter number designated plates or personalized plates.
  2 20 The bill directs the treasurer of state to credit the special
  2 21 fees for the political party plates monthly to the Iowa
  2 22 democratic party and the republican party of Iowa in the
  2 23 amount collected for plates issued for each political party
  2 24 and appropriates the fees to the respective political parties.  
  2 25 LSB 5625HC 79
  2 26 av/cls/14
     

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