H-8161

   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.  Area education agencies plates.
   a.  Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the director may issue area education agencies 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.  Area education agencies plates shall be designed by the department. The background shall be red and the plate’s numbers and letters shall be white. The left side of the plate shall depict an image of a school building. The phrase “Support AEAs” shall appear at the bottom of the plate.
   c.  The special area education agencies fee for letter-number designated area education agencies plates is thirty-five dollars. An applicant may obtain personalized area education agencies plates upon payment of the fee for personalized plates as provided in subsection 5, which is in addition to the special area education agencies fee. Personalized plates authorized by this subsection shall be limited to no more than five numerals, letters, or combinations of numerals and letters.
   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 area education agencies plates. Such moneys are appropriated to the department of education to distribute in the form of grants to support area education agencies and the agencies’ initiatives. 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 area education agencies 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 area education agencies plates is five dollars which shall be paid in addition to the annual special area education agencies fee and the regular annual registration fee. The annual special area education agencies fee shall be credited as provided under paragraph “d”.
   f.  The department shall not condition the issuance of area education agencies plates on the receipt of any number of orders for area education agencies plates.>
   2.  Page 3, line 3, by striking <and Gadsden flag> and inserting <Gadsden flag, and area education agencies>
   3.  Page 3, line 10, by striking <and Gadsden flag> and inserting <Gadsden flag, and area education agencies>
   4.  Title page, lines 2 and 3, by striking <special registration plates> and inserting <and area education agencies special registration plates, and making appropriations>
   5.  By renumbering as necessary.

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BUCK of Polk