House File 526

                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  MASCHER


    Passed House, Date                Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act establishing a breast cancer research special motor
  2    vehicle registration plate and providing fees.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2852HH 80
  5 dea/sh/8

PAG LIN

  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 RESEARCH PLATES.
  1  4    a.  An owner referred to in subsection 12, upon written
  1  5 application to the department, may order special registration
  1  6 plates with a "breast cancer research" emblem designed by the
  1  7 department.
  1  8    b.  The special fee for letter number designated breast
  1  9 cancer research plates is thirty=five dollars.  The special
  1 10 fee for personalized breast cancer research plates is twenty=
  1 11 five dollars, which shall be paid in addition to the special
  1 12 breast cancer research fee of thirty=five dollars.  The fees
  1 13 collected by the director under this subsection shall be paid
  1 14 monthly to the treasurer of state and credited to the road use
  1 15 tax fund.  Notwithstanding section 423.24, and prior to the
  1 16 crediting of revenues to the road use tax fund under section
  1 17 423.24, subsection 1, paragraph "b", the treasurer of state
  1 18 shall transfer monthly from those revenues to the university
  1 19 of Iowa to be used for cancer research programs the amount of
  1 20 the special fees collected in the previous month for the
  1 21 breast cancer research plates.  Notwithstanding section 8.33,
  1 22 moneys transferred under this subsection shall not revert to
  1 23 the general fund of the state.
  1 24    c.  Upon receipt of the special registration plates, the
  1 25 applicant shall surrender the current registration receipt and
  1 26 plates to the county treasurer.  The county treasurer shall
  1 27 validate the special registration plates in the same manner as
  1 28 regular registration plates are validated under this section.
  1 29 The annual special breast cancer research fee for letter
  1 30 number designated plates is ten dollars, which shall be paid
  1 31 in addition to the regular annual registration fee.  The
  1 32 annual special fee for personalized breast cancer research
  1 33 plates is five dollars, which shall be paid in addition to the
  1 34 annual special breast cancer research fee and the regular
  1 35 annual registration fee.  The annual special breast cancer
  2  1 research fee shall be credited as provided under paragraph
  2  2 "b".
  2  3                           EXPLANATION
  2  4    This bill establishes a special breast cancer research
  2  5 motor vehicle registration plate to be issued by the state
  2  6 department of transportation.  The plate will bear an emblem
  2  7 designed by the department.  The special fee for initial
  2  8 issuance of the plate is $35 for letter number designated
  2  9 plates and $60 for personalized plates.  The annual special
  2 10 fee, to be paid in addition to the regular annual registration
  2 11 fee, is $10 for letter number designated plates and $15 for
  2 12 personalized plates.
  2 13    The treasurer of state is directed to transfer the special
  2 14 fees from breast cancer research plates to the university of
  2 15 Iowa to be used for breast cancer research programs.  The
  2 16 university of Iowa is the home of the Holden comprehensive
  2 17 cancer center, a national cancer institute=designated cancer
  2 18 center.
  2 19 LSB 2852HH 80
  2 20 dea/sh/8