Senate File 296
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
(SUCCESSOR TO SF 110)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act authorizing the issuance of special registration plates to
2 owners of motor trucks.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 321.34, subsection 3, Code 2003, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 3. RADIO OPERATORS PLATES. The owner of an automobile,
1 4 light delivery truck, panel delivery truck, motorcycle,
1 5 trailer, or pickup motor truck who holds an amateur radio
1 6 license issued by the federal communications commission may,
1 7 upon written application to the county treasurer accompanied
1 8 by a fee of five dollars, order special registration plates
1 9 bearing the call letters authorized the radio station covered
1 10 by the person's amateur radio license. When received by the
1 11 county treasurer, such special registration plates shall be
1 12 issued to the applicant in exchange for the registration
1 13 plates previously issued to the person. Not more than one set
1 14 of special registration plates may be issued to an applicant.
1 15 Said fee shall be in addition to and not in lieu of the fee
1 16 for regular registration plates. Special registration plates
1 17 must be surrendered upon expiration of the owner's amateur
1 18 radio license and the owner shall thereupon be entitled to the
1 19 owner's regular registration plates. The county treasurer
1 20 shall validate special plates in the same manner as regular
1 21 registration plates, upon payment of five dollars in addition
1 22 to the regular annual registration fee.
1 23 Sec. 2. Section 321.34, subsection 8, unnumbered paragraph
1 24 1, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
1 25 The owner of a motor vehicle subject to registration under
1 26 section 321.109, subsection 1, light delivery truck, panel
1 27 delivery truck, motorcycle, trailer, or pickup motor truck who
1 28 has been awarded the congressional medal of honor may, upon
1 29 written application to the department, order special
1 30 registration plates which shall be red, white, and blue in
1 31 color and shall bear an emblem of the congressional medal of
1 32 honor and an identifying number. Each applicant applying for
1 33 special registration plates under this subsection may purchase
1 34 only one set of registration plates under this subsection.
1 35 The application is subject to approval by the department and
2 1 the special registration plates shall be issued to the
2 2 applicant in exchange for the registration plates previously
2 3 issued to the person. The special plates are subject to an
2 4 annual registration fee of fifteen dollars. The department
2 5 shall validate the special plates in the same manner as
2 6 regular registration plates are validated under this section.
2 7 The department shall not issue special registration plates
2 8 until service organizations in the state have furnished the
2 9 department either the special dies or the cost of the special
2 10 dies necessary for the manufacture of the special registration
2 11 plate.
2 12 Sec. 3. Section 321.34, subsection 8A, unnumbered
2 13 paragraph 1, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
2 14 The owner of a motor vehicle subject to registration under
2 15 section 321.109, subsection 1, light delivery truck, panel
2 16 delivery truck, motorcycle, trailer, or pickup motor truck who
2 17 was a prisoner of war during the Second World War at any time
2 18 between December 7, 1941, and December 31, 1946, the Korean
2 19 Conflict at any time between June 25, 1950, and January 31,
2 20 1955, or the Vietnam Conflict at any time between August 5,
2 21 1964, and June 30, 1973, all dates inclusive, may, upon
2 22 written application to the department, order only one set of
2 23 special registration plates with an ex=prisoner of war
2 24 processed emblem. The emblem shall be designed by the
2 25 department in cooperation with the adjutant general and shall
2 26 signify that the owner was a prisoner of war as described in
2 27 this subsection. The application is subject to approval by
2 28 the department, in consultation with the adjutant general.
2 29 The special plates shall be issued at no charge and are
2 30 subject to an annual registration fee of fifteen dollars. The
2 31 county treasurer shall validate the special plates in the same
2 32 manner as regular registration plates are validated under this
2 33 section.
2 34 Sec. 4. Section 321.34, subsections 10 and 10A, Code 2003,
2 35 are amended to read as follows:
3 1 10. FIRE FIGHTER PLATES. The owner of a motor vehicle
3 2 subject to registration pursuant to section 321.109,
3 3 subsection 1, light delivery truck, panel delivery truck,
3 4 pickup, motor truck, motor home, multipurpose vehicle,
3 5 motorcycle, trailer, or travel trailer who is a current or
3 6 former member of a paid or volunteer fire department, may upon
3 7 written application to the department, order special
3 8 registration plates, designed by the department in cooperation
3 9 with representatives designated by the Iowa fire fighters'
3 10 associations, which plates signify that the applicant is a
3 11 current or former member of a paid or volunteer fire
3 12 department. The application shall be approved by the
3 13 department, in consultation with representatives designated by
3 14 the Iowa fire fighters' associations, and the special
3 15 registration plates shall be issued to the applicant in
3 16 exchange for the registration plates previously issued to the
3 17 person. The fee for the special plates shall be twenty=five
3 18 dollars which shall be in addition to the regular annual
3 19 registration fee. The department shall validate the special
3 20 plates in the same manner as regular registration plates are
3 21 validated under this section at the regular annual
3 22 registration fee.
3 23 10A. EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PLATES. The owner of a
3 24 motor vehicle subject to registration pursuant to section
3 25 321.109, subsection 1, light delivery truck, panel delivery
3 26 truck, pickup, motor truck, motor home, multipurpose vehicle,
3 27 motorcycle, trailer, or travel trailer who is a current member
3 28 of a paid or volunteer emergency medical services agency may,
3 29 upon written application to the department, order special
3 30 registration plates, designed by the department in cooperation
3 31 with representatives designated by the Iowa emergency medical
3 32 services association, which plates signify that the applicant
3 33 is a current member of a paid or volunteer emergency medical
3 34 services agency. The application shall be approved by the
3 35 department, in consultation with representatives designated by
4 1 the Iowa emergency medical services association, and the
4 2 special registration plates shall be issued to the applicant
4 3 in exchange for the registration plates previously issued to
4 4 the person. The fee for the special plates shall be twenty=
4 5 five dollars which shall be in addition to the regular annual
4 6 registration fee. The department shall validate the special
4 7 plates in the same manner as regular registration plates are
4 8 validated under this section at the regular annual
4 9 registration fee.
4 10 Sec. 5. Section 321.34, subsection 11, paragraph a, Code
4 11 2003, is amended to read as follows:
4 12 a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the
4 13 director may issue natural resources plates to the owner of a
4 14 motor vehicle subject to registration under section 321.109,
4 15 subsection 1, light delivery truck, panel delivery truck,
4 16 pickup, motor truck, motor home, multipurpose vehicle,
4 17 motorcycle, trailer, or travel trailer.
4 18 Sec. 6. Section 321.34, subsection 11A, paragraph a, Code
4 19 2003, is amended to read as follows:
4 20 a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the
4 21 director may issue "love our kids" plates to the owner of a
4 22 motor vehicle subject to registration under section 321.109,
4 23 subsection 1, light delivery truck, panel delivery truck,
4 24 pickup, motor truck, motor home, multipurpose vehicle,
4 25 motorcycle, trailer, or travel trailer.
4 26 Sec. 7. Section 321.34, subsection 11B, paragraph a, Code
4 27 2003, is amended to read as follows:
4 28 a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the
4 29 director may issue "motorcycle rider education" plates to the
4 30 owner of a motor vehicle subject to registration under section
4 31 321.109, subsection 1, light delivery truck, panel delivery
4 32 truck, pickup, motor truck, motor home, multipurpose vehicle,
4 33 motorcycle, trailer, or travel trailer.
4 34 Sec. 8. Section 321.34, subsection 12, paragraph a, Code
4 35 2003, is amended to read as follows:
5 1 a. The owner of a motor vehicle subject to registration
5 2 pursuant to section 321.109, subsection 1, light delivery
5 3 truck, panel delivery truck, pickup, motor truck, motor home,
5 4 multipurpose vehicle, motorcycle, trailer, or travel trailer
5 5 may, upon written application to the department, order special
5 6 registration plates with a distinguishing processed emblem as
5 7 authorized by this section or as approved by the department.
5 8 The fee for the issuance of special registration plates is
5 9 twenty=five dollars for each vehicle, unless otherwise
5 10 provided by this section, which fee is in addition to the
5 11 regular annual registration fee. The county treasurer shall
5 12 validate special registration plates with a distinguishing
5 13 processed emblem in the same manner as regular registration
5 14 plates, upon payment of five dollars in addition to the
5 15 regular annual registration fee.
5 16 Sec. 9. Section 321.34, subsection 15, unnumbered
5 17 paragraph 1, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
5 18 The owner of a motor vehicle subject to registration under
5 19 section 321.109, subsection 1, light delivery truck, panel
5 20 delivery truck, motorcycle, trailer, or pickup motor truck,
5 21 who has been awarded the legion of merit may, upon written
5 22 application to the department and presentation of satisfactory
5 23 proof of the award of the legion of merit as established by
5 24 the Congress of the United States, order special registration
5 25 plates with a legion of merit processed emblem. The emblem
5 26 shall be designed by the department in cooperation with the
5 27 adjutant general and shall signify that the owner was awarded
5 28 the legion of merit. The application is subject to approval
5 29 by the department, in consultation with the adjutant general.
5 30 The special plates shall be issued at no charge and are
5 31 subject to an annual registration fee of fifteen dollars. The
5 32 county treasurer shall validate the special plates in the same
5 33 manner as regular registration plates are validated under this
5 34 section.
5 35 EXPLANATION
6 1 Under current law, the only truck owners eligible for
6 2 special motor vehicle registration plates issued by the state
6 3 department of transportation are owners of light delivery
6 4 trucks, panel delivery trucks, and pickups. This bill amends
6 5 Code section 321.34 to allow the owner of any motor truck to
6 6 order special registration plates.
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