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1 1 Section 1. Section 321.34, Code Supplement 2003, is
1 2 amended by adding the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 24. FINE ARTS PLATES.
1 4 a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the
1 5 director may issue fine arts plates to an owner of a motor
1 6 vehicle referred to in subsection 12.
1 7 b. The fine arts plates shall be designed by the
1 8 department in consultation with the department of cultural
1 9 affairs.
1 10 c. The special fee for letter number designated fine arts
1 11 plates is thirty-five dollars. The fee for personalized fine
1 12 arts plates is twenty-five dollars, which shall be paid in
1 13 addition to the special fine arts fee of thirty-five dollars.
1 14 The fees collected by the director under this subsection shall
1 15 be paid monthly to the treasurer of state and credited to the
1 16 road use tax fund. Notwithstanding section 423.24, and prior
1 17 to the crediting of revenues to the road use tax fund under
1 18 section 423.24, subsection 1, paragraph "b", the treasurer of
1 19 state shall transfer monthly from those revenues to the fine
1 20 arts fund created in section 303.90 the amount of the special
1 21 fees collected in the previous month for the fine arts plates.
1 22 d. Upon receipt of the special registration plates, the
1 23 applicant shall surrender the current registration plates to
1 24 the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall validate the
1 25 special registration plates in the same manner as regular
1 26 registration plates are validated under this section. The
1 27 annual special fine arts fee for letter number designated
1 28 plates is ten dollars, which shall be paid in addition to the
1 29 regular annual registration fee. The annual special fee for
1 30 personalized fine arts plates is five dollars, which shall be
1 31 paid in addition to the annual special fine arts fee and the
1 32 regular annual registration fee. The annual special fine arts
1 33 fee shall be credited and transferred as provided under
1 34 paragraph "c".
1 35 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 303.90 FINE ARTS FUND.
2 1 1. A fine arts fund is created in the state treasury to be
2 2 administered by the director of the department of cultural
2 3 affairs. The fund shall consist of moneys deposited from fees
2 4 collected for the issuance of fine arts motor vehicle
2 5 registration plates under section 321.34 and any other moneys
2 6 credited to the fund by gift, contribution, endowment,
2 7 bequest, or other means. Moneys in the fund are appropriated
2 8 to the arts division to be used for the purposes described in
2 9 this section.
2 10 2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys remaining in the
2 11 fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the
2 12 general fund of the state. Notwithstanding section 12C.7,
2 13 subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the
2 14 fine arts fund shall be credited to the fine arts fund.
2 15 3. Moneys in the fund shall be used for grants to Iowa art
2 16 museums to support services and programs as determined by the
2 17 Iowa arts council and to promote the sale of fine arts motor
2 18 vehicle registration plates.
2 19 EXPLANATION
2 20 This bill establishes a special fine arts motor vehicle
2 21 registration plate to be issued by the state department of
2 22 transportation. The plate will be designed by the
2 23 transportation department in consultation with the department
2 24 of cultural affairs. The special fee for initial issuance of
2 25 the plate is $35 for letter number designated plates and $60
2 26 for personalized plates. The annual special fee, to be paid
2 27 in addition to the regular annual registration fee, is $10 for
2 28 letter number designated plates and $15 for personalized
2 29 plates.
2 30 The treasurer of state is directed to transfer the special
2 31 fees from fine arts plates to a new fine arts fund to be
2 32 administered by the director of the department of cultural
2 33 affairs. The purpose of the fund is to provide grants to art
2 34 museums in Iowa, as determined by the Iowa arts council, and
2 35 to promote the sale of special fine arts registration plates.
3 1 LSB 5426SS 80
3 2 dea/gg/14
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