House File 2639 H-8139 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. Jesus plates. 5 a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the 6 director may issue Jesus plates to the owner of a motor vehicle 7 subject to registration under section 321.109, subsection 1, 8 autocycle, motor truck, motor home, multipurpose vehicle, 9 motorcycle, trailer, or travel trailer. 10 b. Jesus plates shall be designed by the department. The 11 background shall be white at the top and fade to blue at the 12 bottom. The plate’s numbers and letters shall be dark blue. 13 The left side of the plate shall include the letters “WWJD” 14 printed vertically. 15 c. The special Jesus fee for letter-number designated 16 Jesus plates is thirty-five dollars. An applicant may 17 obtain personalized Jesus plates upon payment of the fee for 18 personalized plates as provided in subsection 5, which is in 19 addition to the special Jesus 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 Jesus plates. Such moneys are appropriated to the 27 department of health and human services to distribute in the 28 form of grants to organizations supporting and affirming the 29 shared principles of interfaith community. In the awarding 30 of grants, the department of health and human services shall 31 give first consideration to any official state association of 32 the interfaith alliance and similar nonprofit organizations. 33 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated under this 34 subsection shall not revert to the general fund of the state. 35 -1- HF 2639.3475 (2) 90 th/ns 1/ 2 #1.
e. Upon receipt of the special registration plates, the 1 applicant shall surrender the current registration plates to 2 the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall validate 3 the special registration plates in the same manner as regular 4 registration plates are validated under this section. The 5 annual special Jesus fee for letter-number designated plates 6 is ten dollars which shall be paid in addition to the regular 7 annual registration fee. The annual fee for personalized Jesus 8 plates is five dollars which shall be paid in addition to the 9 annual special Jesus fee and the regular annual registration 10 fee. The annual special Jesus fee shall be credited as 11 provided under paragraph “d” . 12 f. The department shall not condition the issuance of 13 Jesus plates on the receipt of any number of orders for Jesus 14 plates. > 15 2. Page 3, line 3, by striking < and Gadsden flag > and 16 inserting < Gadsden flag, and Jesus > 17 3. Page 3, line 10, by striking < and Gadsden flag > and 18 inserting < Gadsden flag, and Jesus > 19 4. Title page, lines 2 and 3, by striking < special 20 registration plates > and inserting < and Jesus special 21 registration plates, and making appropriations > 22 5. By renumbering as necessary. 23 ______________________________ JAMES of Dubuque -2- HF 2639.3475 (2) 90 th/ns 2/ 2 #2. #3. #4. #5.