House File 2639 H-8157 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. Iowa public schools plates. 5 a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the 6 director may issue Iowa public schools 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. Iowa public schools plates shall be designed by the 11 department. The background shall be red and the plate’s 12 numbers and letters shall be white. The left side of the plate 13 shall depict a school building. The phrase “Don’t Tread On 14 Public Schools” shall appear at the bottom of the plate. 15 c. The special Iowa public schools fee for letter-number 16 designated Iowa public schools plates is thirty-five dollars. 17 An applicant may obtain personalized Iowa public schools plates 18 upon payment of the fee for personalized plates as provided in 19 subsection 5, which is in addition to the special Iowa public 20 schools fee. Personalized plates authorized by this subsection 21 shall be limited to no more than five numerals, letters, or 22 combinations of numerals and letters. 23 d. The fees collected by the director under this subsection 24 shall be paid monthly to the treasurer of state and deposited 25 in the road use tax fund. The treasurer of state shall 26 transfer monthly from the statutory allocations fund created 27 under section 321.145, subsection 2, to the general fund of 28 the state the amount of the special fees collected in the 29 previous month for Iowa public schools plates. Such moneys are 30 appropriated to the department of education to distribute in 31 the form of grants to public school teachers to purchase school 32 supplies. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated 33 under this subsection shall not revert to the general fund of 34 the state. 35 -1- HF 2639.3501 (3) 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 Iowa public schools fee for letter-number 6 designated plates is ten dollars which shall be paid in 7 addition to the regular annual registration fee. The annual 8 fee for personalized Iowa public schools plates is five dollars 9 which shall be paid in addition to the annual special Iowa 10 public schools fee and the regular annual registration fee. 11 The annual special Iowa public schools fee shall be credited as 12 provided under paragraph “d” . 13 f. The department shall not condition the issuance of Iowa 14 public schools plates on the receipt of any number of orders 15 for Iowa public schools plates. > 16 2. Page 3, line 3, by striking < and Gadsden flag > and 17 inserting < Gadsden flag, and Iowa public schools > 18 3. Page 3, line 10, by striking < and Gadsden flag > and 19 inserting < Gadsden flag, and Iowa public schools > 20 4. Title page, lines 2 and 3, by striking < special 21 registration plates > and inserting < and Iowa public schools 22 special registration plates, and making appropriations > 23 5. By renumbering as necessary. 24 ______________________________ ZABNER of Johnson -2- HF 2639.3501 (3) 90 th/ns 2/ 2 #2. #3. #4. #5.