H-8124

   Amend House File 2639 as follows:
   1.  Page 2, after line 20 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 321.34, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  11F.  United States capitol police plates. 
   a.  Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the director may issue United States capitol police plates, commemorating the efforts by the capitol police and other law enforcement officers to defend the United States capitol on January 6, 2021, to the owner of a motor vehicle subject to registration under section 321.109, subsection 1, autocycle, motor truck, motor home, multipurpose vehicle, motorcycle, trailer, or travel trailer.
   b.  United States capitol police plates shall be designed by the department. The background shall be white. The left side of the plate must depict the emblem of the United States capitol police. The plate’s numbers and letters shall be blue. 
   c.  The special United States capitol police fee for letter-number designated United States capitol police plates is thirty-five dollars. An applicant may obtain personalized United States capitol police plates upon payment of the fee for personalized plates as provided in subsection 5, which is in addition to the special United States capitol police fee. Personalized plates authorized by this subsection shall be limited to no more than five numerals, letters, or combinations of numerals and letters.
   d.  The fees collected by the director under this subsection shall be paid monthly to the treasurer of state and deposited in the road use tax fund. The treasurer of state shall transfer monthly from the statutory allocations fund created under section 321.145, subsection 2, to the public safety survivor benefits fund created in section 80.47 the amount of the special fees collected in the previous month for United States capitol police plates. 
   e.  Upon receipt of the special registration plates, the applicant shall surrender the current registration plates to the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall validate the special registration plates in the same manner as regular registration plates are validated under this section. The annual special United States capitol police fee for letter-number designated plates is ten dollars which shall be paid in addition to the regular annual registration fee. The annual fee for personalized United States capitol police plates is five dollars which shall be paid in addition to the annual special United States capitol police fee and the regular annual registration fee. The annual special United States capitol police fee shall be credited as provided under paragraph “d”.
   f.  The department shall not condition the issuance of United States capitol police plates on the receipt of any number of orders for United States capitol police plates.>
   2.  Page 3, line 10, by striking <and Gadsden flag> and inserting <Gadsden flag, and United States capitol police>
   3.  Title page, line 2, before <special> by inserting <and United States capitol police>
   4.  By renumbering as necessary.

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B. MEYER of Polk