House File 192 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY SWAIM Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act creating a special motor vehicle registration plate for 2 website advertising and making an appropriation. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1914YH 81 5 dea/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.34, Code 2005, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 24. WEBSITE=ADVERTISING PLATES. 1 4 a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the 1 5 director may issue special website=advertising plates to the 1 6 owner of a motor vehicle referred to in subsection 12. 1 7 b. Website=advertising plates shall be designed by the 1 8 department and shall provide space near the bottom of the 1 9 plate for a distinguishing processed emblem which shall bear 1 10 the internet website address specified by the owner. 1 11 c. The special fee for letter number designated website= 1 12 advertising plates is thirty=five dollars. The fee for 1 13 personalized website=advertising plates is twenty=five 1 14 dollars, which shall be paid in addition to the special 1 15 website=advertising fee of thirty=five dollars. The fees 1 16 collected by the director under this subsection shall be paid 1 17 monthly to the treasurer of state and credited to the road use 1 18 tax fund. Notwithstanding section 423.43, and prior to the 1 19 crediting of revenues to the road use tax fund under section 1 20 423.43, subsection 1, paragraph "b", the treasurer of state 1 21 shall transfer monthly from those revenues to the department 1 22 of public safety the amount of the special fees collected in 1 23 the previous month for the website=advertising plates, minus 1 24 an amount equal to five dollars per plate issued in that 1 25 previous month. The moneys transferred are appropriated to 1 26 the department of public safety to be used for costs of the 1 27 criminalistics laboratory, including equipment purchasing, 1 28 maintenance, depreciation, and training. Notwithstanding 1 29 section 8.33, moneys transferred under this subsection shall 1 30 not revert to the general fund of the state. 1 31 d. Upon receipt of the special registration plates, the 1 32 applicant shall surrender the current registration plates to 1 33 the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall validate the 1 34 special registration plates in the same manner as regular 1 35 registration plates are validated under this section. The 2 1 annual special website=advertising fee for letter number 2 2 designated plates is ten dollars, which shall be paid in 2 3 addition to the regular annual registration fee. The annual 2 4 fee for personalized website=advertising plates is five 2 5 dollars, which shall be paid in addition to the annual special 2 6 website=advertising fee and the regular annual registration 2 7 fee. The annual special website=advertising fee shall be 2 8 credited to the department of public safety as provided under 2 9 paragraph "c". 2 10 Sec. 2. Section 321.166, subsection 2, Code 2005, is 2 11 amended to read as follows: 2 12 2. Every registration plate or pair of plates shall 2 13 display a registration plate number which shall consist of 2 14 alphabetical or numerical characters or a combination thereof 2 15 and the name of this state, which may be abbreviated. Every 2 16 registration plate issued by the county treasurer shall 2 17 display the name of the county, including any plate issued 2 18 pursuant to section 321.34, except Pearl Harbor and purple 2 19 heart registration plates issued prior to January 1, 1997, and 2 20 collegiate, fire fighter, website=advertising, and 2 21 congressional medal of honor registration plates. Special 2 22 truck registration plates shall display the word "special". 2 23 EXPLANATION 2 24 This bill requires the state department of transportation 2 25 to design and issue a special website=advertising motor 2 26 vehicle registration plate. The plate is to be designed to 2 27 accommodate a special emblem at the bottom of the plate, in 2 28 place of the name of the county of issuance, bearing a website 2 29 address specified by the owner of the vehicle. The special 2 30 fee for issuance of website=advertising plates is $35, plus an 2 31 additional $25 for personalized plates. The special annual 2 32 renewal fee for letter number designated plates is $10, plus 2 33 $5 more for personalized plates, which fees are in addition to 2 34 the regular annual renewal fee for the vehicle. 2 35 The bill specifies that $5 from the initial issuance fee 3 1 for each special website=advertising plate shall be credited 3 2 to the road use tax fund. The remaining $30 of the special 3 3 issuance fee and all of the special annual renewal fee are 3 4 appropriated to the department of public safety to be used for 3 5 costs of the criminalistics laboratory. 3 6 LSB 1914YH 81 3 7 dea:nh/sh/8