House File 2639 H-8160 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. Small business plates. 5 a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the 6 director may issue small business 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. Small business plates shall be designed by the 11 department. The background shall be black and the plate’s 12 numbers and letters shall be white. The left side of the plate 13 shall depict an image of a coffee mug. 14 c. The special small business fee for letter-number 15 designated small business plates is thirty-five dollars. 16 An applicant may obtain personalized small business plates 17 upon payment of the fee for personalized plates as provided 18 in subsection 5, which is in addition to the special small 19 business fee. Personalized plates authorized by this 20 subsection shall be limited to no more than five numerals, 21 letters, or combinations of numerals and letters. 22 d. The fees collected by the director under this subsection 23 shall be paid monthly to the treasurer of state and deposited 24 in the road use tax fund. The treasurer of state shall 25 transfer monthly from the statutory allocations fund created 26 under section 321.145, subsection 2, to the general fund of the 27 state the amount of the special fees collected in the previous 28 month for small business plates. Such moneys are appropriated 29 to the department of workforce development to distribute in 30 the form of grants to small business owners. Notwithstanding 31 section 8.33, moneys appropriated under this subsection shall 32 not revert to the general fund of the state. 33 e. Upon receipt of the special registration plates, the 34 applicant shall surrender the current registration plates to 35 -1- HF 2639.3503 (3) 90 th/ns 1/ 2 #1.
the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall validate 1 the special registration plates in the same manner as regular 2 registration plates are validated under this section. The 3 annual special small business fee for letter-number designated 4 plates is ten dollars which shall be paid in addition to 5 the regular annual registration fee. The annual fee for 6 personalized small business plates is five dollars which shall 7 be paid in addition to the annual special small business 8 fee and the regular annual registration fee. The annual 9 special small business fee shall be credited as provided under 10 paragraph “d” . 11 f. The department shall not condition the issuance of small 12 business plates on the receipt of any number of orders for 13 small business plates. > 14 2. Page 3, line 3, by striking < and Gadsden flag > and 15 inserting < Gadsden flag, and small business > 16 3. Page 3, line 10, by striking < and Gadsden flag > and 17 inserting < Gadsden flag, and small business > 18 4. Title page, lines 2 and 3, by striking < special 19 registration plates > and inserting < and small business special 20 registration plates, and making appropriations > 21 5. By renumbering as necessary. 22 ______________________________ WILBURN of Story -2- HF 2639.3503 (3) 90 th/ns 2/ 2 #2. #3. #4. #5.