House File 306
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 184)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act establishing a special breast cancer awareness motor
2 vehicle registration plate and appropriating fees from such
3 plates for breast cancer screening.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 321.34, Code 2003, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 23. BREAST CANCER AWARENESS PLATES.
1 4 a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the
1 5 director may issue breast cancer awareness plates to an owner
1 6 of a motor vehicle referred to in subsection 12.
1 7 b. Breast cancer awareness plates shall contain an image
1 8 of a pink ribbon and shall be designed by the department in
1 9 consultation with the Susan G. Komen foundation.
1 10 c. The special fee for letter number designated breast
1 11 cancer awareness plates is thirty=five dollars. The fee for
1 12 personalized breast cancer awareness plates is twenty=five
1 13 dollars, which shall be paid in addition to the special breast
1 14 cancer awareness fee of thirty=five dollars. The fees
1 15 collected by the director under this subsection shall be paid
1 16 monthly to the treasurer of state and credited to the road use
1 17 tax fund. Notwithstanding section 423.24, and prior to the
1 18 crediting of revenues to the road use tax fund under section
1 19 423.24, subsection 1, paragraph "b", the treasurer of state
1 20 shall transfer monthly from those revenues to the Iowa
1 21 department of public health the amount of the special fees
1 22 collected in the previous month for the breast cancer
1 23 awareness plates and such funds are appropriated to the Iowa
1 24 department of public health. The Iowa department of public
1 25 health shall distribute one hundred percent of the funds
1 26 received monthly in the form of grants to support breast
1 27 cancer screenings for both men and women who meet eligibility
1 28 requirements like those established by the Susan G. Komen
1 29 foundation. In the awarding of grants, the Iowa department of
1 30 public health shall give first consideration to affiliates of
1 31 the Susan G. Komen foundation and similar nonprofit
1 32 organizations providing for breast cancer screenings at no
1 33 cost in Iowa. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys
1 34 transferred under this subsection shall not revert to the
1 35 general fund of the state.
2 1 d. Upon receipt of the special registration plates, the
2 2 applicant shall surrender the current registration receipt and
2 3 plates to the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall
2 4 validate the special registration plates in the same manner as
2 5 regular registration plates are validated under this section.
2 6 The annual special breast cancer awareness fee for letter
2 7 number designated plates is ten dollars, which shall be paid
2 8 in addition to the regular annual registration fee. The
2 9 annual special fee for personalized breast cancer awareness
2 10 plates is five dollars, which shall be paid in addition to the
2 11 annual special breast cancer awareness fee and the regular
2 12 annual registration fee. The annual special breast cancer
2 13 awareness fee shall be credited and transferred as provided
2 14 under paragraph "c".
2 15 EXPLANATION
2 16 This bill establishes a special breast cancer awareness
2 17 motor vehicle registration plate to be issued by the state
2 18 department of transportation. The plate will bear a processed
2 19 emblem with an image of a pink ribbon signifying breast cancer
2 20 awareness. The special fee for initial issuance of the plate
2 21 is $35 for letter number designated plates and $60 for
2 22 personalized plates. The annual special fee, to be paid in
2 23 addition to the regular annual registration fee, is $10 for
2 24 letter number designated plates and $15 for personalized
2 25 plates.
2 26 The special fees from breast cancer awareness plates are
2 27 appropriated to the Iowa department of public health. The
2 28 department shall distribute 100 percent of the funds in the
2 29 form of grants to Iowa affiliates of the Susan G. Komen
2 30 foundation or similar nonprofit organizations operating in
2 31 Iowa to be used for breast cancer screening for men and women
2 32 who meet eligibility requirements like those established by
2 33 the Komen foundation.
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