House File 2639 H-8138 Amend House File 2639 as follows: 1 1. Page 2, after line 20 by inserting: 2 < Sec. ___. Section 321.34, Code 2024, is amended by adding 3 the following new subsection: 4 NEW SUBSECTION . 11F. Rescue dogs plates. 5 a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the 6 director may issue rescue dogs plates to the owner of a 7 motor vehicle subject to registration under section 321.109, 8 subsection 1, autocycle, motor truck, motor home, multipurpose 9 vehicle, motorcycle, trailer, or travel trailer. 10 b. Rescue dogs plates shall be designed by the department. 11 The background shall be yellow and the plate’s numbers and 12 letters shall be brown. The left side of the plate shall 13 depict an image of a golden retriever. The phrase “Rescue Me” 14 shall appear at the bottom of the plate. 15 c. The special rescue dogs fee for letter-number designated 16 rescue dogs plates is thirty-five dollars. An applicant may 17 obtain personalized rescue dogs plates upon payment of the fee 18 for personalized plates as provided in subsection 5, which is 19 in addition to the special rescue dogs fee. 20 d. The fees collected by the director under this subsection 21 shall be paid monthly to the treasurer of state and deposited 22 in the road use tax fund. The treasurer of state shall 23 transfer monthly from the statutory allocations fund created 24 under section 321.145, subsection 2, to the general fund of the 25 state the amount of the special fees collected in the previous 26 month for rescue dogs plates. Such moneys are appropriated 27 to the department of agriculture and land stewardship to 28 distribute in the form of grants to organizations supporting 29 rescuing and rehoming dogs. In the awarding of grants, 30 the department of agriculture and land stewardship shall 31 give first consideration to any official state association 32 of the humane society of the United States and similar 33 nonprofit organizations. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys 34 appropriated under this subsection shall not revert to the 35 -1- HF 2639.3474 (2) 90 th/ns 1/ 2 #1.
general fund of the state. 1 e. Upon receipt of the special registration plates, the 2 applicant shall surrender the current registration plates to 3 the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall validate 4 the special registration plates in the same manner as regular 5 registration plates are validated under this section. The 6 annual special rescue dogs fee for letter-number designated 7 plates is ten dollars which shall be paid in addition to 8 the regular annual registration fee. The annual fee for 9 personalized rescue dogs plates is five dollars which shall be 10 paid in addition to the annual special rescue dogs fee and the 11 regular annual registration fee. The annual special rescue 12 dogs fee shall be credited as provided under paragraph “d” . 13 f. The department shall not condition the issuance of rescue 14 dogs plates on the receipt of any number of orders for rescue 15 dogs plates. > 16 2. Page 3, line 3, by striking < and Gadsden flag > and 17 inserting < Gadsden flag, and rescue dogs > 18 3. Page 3, line 10, by striking < and Gadsden flag > and 19 inserting < Gadsden flag, and rescue dogs > 20 4. Title page, lines 2 and 3, by striking < special 21 registration plates > and inserting < and rescue dogs special 22 registration plates, and making appropriations > 23 5. By renumbering as necessary. 24 ______________________________ JACOBY of Johnson -2- HF 2639.3474 (2) 90 th/ns 2/ 2 #2. #3. #4. #5.