H-8139

   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.  Jesus plates.
   a.  Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the director may issue Jesus plates 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.  Jesus plates shall be designed by the department. The background shall be white at the top and fade to blue at the bottom. The plate’s numbers and letters shall be dark blue. The left side of the plate shall include the letters “WWJD” printed vertically.
   c.  The special Jesus fee for letter-number designated Jesus plates is thirty-five dollars. An applicant may obtain personalized Jesus plates upon payment of the fee for personalized plates as provided in subsection 5, which is in addition to the special Jesus fee.
   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 general fund of the state the amount of the special fees collected in the previous month for Jesus plates. Such moneys are appropriated to the department of health and human services to distribute in the form of grants to organizations supporting and affirming the shared principles of interfaith community. In the awarding of grants, the department of health and human services shall give first consideration to any official state association of the interfaith alliance and similar nonprofit organizations. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated under this subsection shall not revert to the general fund of the state.
   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 Jesus 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 Jesus plates is five dollars which shall be paid in addition to the annual special Jesus fee and the regular annual registration fee. The annual special Jesus fee shall be credited as provided under paragraph “d”.
   f.  The department shall not condition the issuance of Jesus plates on the receipt of any number of orders for Jesus plates.>
   2.  Page 3, line 3, by striking <and Gadsden flag> and inserting <Gadsden flag, and Jesus>
   3.  Page 3, line 10, by striking <and Gadsden flag> and inserting <Gadsden flag, and Jesus>
   4.  Title page, lines 2 and 3, by striking <special registration plates> and inserting <and Jesus special registration plates, and making appropriations>
   5.  By renumbering as necessary.

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JAMES of Dubuque