House Amendment 1144
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House File 749 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 27 the
1 3 following:
1 4 <7. Distinguished service cross, navy cross, and
1 5 air force cross special plates issued pursuant to
1 6 section 321.34, subsection 20A.
1 7 8. Soldier's medal, navy and marine corps medal,
1 8 and airman's medal special plates issued pursuant to
1 9 section 321.34, subsection 20B.
1 10 Sec. . Section 321.34, subsection 8, Code 2007,
1 11 is amended to read as follows:
1 12 8. CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR PLATES. The owner
1 13 of a motor vehicle subject to registration under
1 14 section 321.109, subsection 1, motorcycle, trailer, or
1 15 motor truck who has been awarded the congressional
1 16 medal of honor may, upon written application to the
1 17 department, order special registration plates which
1 18 shall be red, white, and blue in color and shall bear
1 19 an emblem of the congressional medal of honor and an
1 20 identifying number. Each applicant applying for
1 21 special registration plates under this subsection may
1 22 purchase only one set of registration plates under
1 23 this subsection. The application is subject to
1 24 approval by the department and the special
1 25 registration plates shall be issued to the applicant
1 26 in exchange for the registration plates previously
1 27 issued to the person. The special plates are subject
1 28 to an annual registration fee of fifteen dollars. The
1 29 department shall validate the special plates in the
1 30 same manner as regular registration plates are
1 31 validated under this section. The department shall
1 32 not issue special registration plates until service
1 33 organizations in the state have furnished the
1 34 department either the special dies or the cost of the
1 35 special dies necessary for the manufacture of the
1 36 special registration plate.
1 37 The surviving spouse of a person who was issued
1 38 special plates under this subsection may continue to
1 39 use the special plates subject to registration of the
1 40 special plates in the surviving spouse's name and upon
1 41 payment of the fifteen dollar annual registration fee.
1 42 If the surviving spouse remarries, the surviving
1 43 spouse shall return the special plates to the
1 44 department and the department shall issue regular
1 45 registration plates to the surviving spouse.>
1 46 #2. Page 3, line 3, by striking the word
1 47 <congressional> and inserting the following:
1 48 <congressional>.
1 49 #3. Page 8, by inserting after line 1 the
1 50 following:
2 1 <Sec. . Section 321.34, Code 2007, is amended
2 2 by adding the following new subsections:
2 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 20A. DISTINGUISHED SERVICE, NAVY,
2 4 OR AIR FORCE CROSS PLATES. An owner referred to in
2 5 subsection 12 who was awarded a distinguished service
2 6 cross, a navy cross, or an air force cross by the
2 7 United States government may, upon written application
2 8 to the department and presentation of satisfactory
2 9 proof of the award, order special registration plates
2 10 with a distinguished service cross, navy cross, or air
2 11 force cross processed emblem. The emblem shall be
2 12 designed by the department in consultation with the
2 13 adjutant general. The special plate fees collected by
2 14 the director under subsection 12, paragraph "a", from
2 15 the issuance and annual validation of letter=number
2 16 designated and personalized distinguished service
2 17 cross, navy cross, and air force cross plates shall be
2 18 paid monthly to the treasurer of state and credited to
2 19 the road use tax fund. Notwithstanding section
2 20 423.43, and prior to the crediting of revenues to the
2 21 road use tax fund under section 423.43, subsection 1,
2 22 paragraph "b", the treasurer of state shall transfer
2 23 monthly from those revenues to the veterans license
2 24 fee fund created in section 35A.11 the amount of the
2 25 special fees collected in the previous month for
2 26 distinguished service cross, navy cross, and air force
2 27 cross plates.
2 28 The surviving spouse of a person who was issued
2 29 special plates under this subsection may continue to
2 30 use or apply for and use the special plates subject to
2 31 registration of the special plates in the surviving
2 32 spouse's name and upon payment of the annual
2 33 five=dollar special plate fee and the regular annual
2 34 registration fee for the vehicle. If the surviving
2 35 spouse remarries, the surviving spouse shall return
2 36 the special plates to the department and the
2 37 department shall issue regular registration plates to
2 38 the surviving spouse.
2 39 NEW SUBSECTION. 20B. SOLDIER'S, NAVY AND MARINE
2 40 CORPS, OR AIRMAN'S MEDAL PLATES. An owner referred to
2 41 in subsection 12 who was awarded a soldier's medal, a
2 42 navy and marine corps medal, or an airman's medal by
2 43 the United States government may, upon written
2 44 application to the department and presentation of
2 45 satisfactory proof of the award, order special
2 46 registration plates with a soldier's medal, navy and
2 47 marine corps medal, or airman's medal processed
2 48 emblem. The emblem shall be designed by the
2 49 department in consultation with the adjutant general.
2 50 The special plate fees collected by the director under
3 1 subsection 12, paragraph "a", from the issuance and
3 2 annual validation of letter=number designated and
3 3 personalized soldier's medal, navy and marine corps
3 4 medal, and airman's medal plates shall be paid monthly
3 5 to the treasurer of state and credited to the road use
3 6 tax fund. Notwithstanding section 423.43, and prior
3 7 to the crediting of revenues to the road use tax fund
3 8 under section 423.43, subsection 1, paragraph "b", the
3 9 treasurer of state shall transfer monthly from those
3 10 revenues to the veterans license fee fund created in
3 11 section 35A.11 the amount of the special fees
3 12 collected in the previous month for soldier's medal,
3 13 navy and marine corps medal, and airman's medal
3 14 plates.
3 15 The surviving spouse of a person who was issued
3 16 special plates under this subsection may continue to
3 17 use or apply for and use the special plates subject to
3 18 registration of the special plates in the surviving
3 19 spouse's name and upon payment of the annual
3 20 five=dollar special plate fee and the regular annual
3 21 registration fee for the vehicle. If the surviving
3 22 spouse remarries, the surviving spouse shall return
3 23 the special plates to the department and the
3 24 department shall issue regular registration plates to
3 25 the surviving spouse.
3 26 Sec. . Section 321.166, subsections 2 and 9,
3 27 Code 2007, are amended to read as follows:
3 28 2. Every registration plate or pair of plates
3 29 shall display a registration plate number which shall
3 30 consist of alphabetical or numerical characters or a
3 31 combination thereof and the name of this state, which
3 32 may be abbreviated. Every registration plate issued
3 33 by the county treasurer shall display the name of the
3 34 county, including any plate issued pursuant to section
3 35 321.34, except Pearl Harbor and purple heart
3 36 registration plates issued prior to January 1, 1997,
3 37 and collegiate, fire fighter, and congressional medal
3 38 of honor registration plates. Special truck
3 39 registration plates shall display the word "special".
3 40 9. Special registration plates issued pursuant to
3 41 section 321.34 beginning January 1, 1997, other than
3 42 congressional medal of honor, collegiate, fire
3 43 fighter, and natural resources registration plates,
3 44 shall be consistent with the design and color of
3 45 regular registration plates but shall provide a space
3 46 on a portion of the plate for the purpose of allowing
3 47 the placement of a distinguishing processed emblem.
3 48 Special registration plates shall also comply with the
3 49 requirements for regular registration plates as
3 50 provided in this section to the extent the
4 1 requirements are consistent with the section
4 2 authorizing a particular special vehicle registration
4 3 plate.>
4 4 #4. Title page, line 1, by inserting after the
4 5 word <Act> the following: <concerning existing and
4 6 new special motor vehicle registration plates
4 7 associated with military service,>.
4 8 #5. By renumbering as necessary.
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4 12 HUSER of Polk
4 13 HF 749.202 82
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