House File 2164 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  MURPHY


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to fees for special national guard motor vehicle
  2    registration plates.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5767YH 81
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.34, subsection 16, Code Supplement
  1  2 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    16.  NATIONAL GUARD SPECIAL PLATES.  An owner referred to
  1  4 in subsection 12 who is a member of the national guard, as
  1  5 defined in chapter 29A, may, upon written application to the
  1  6 department, order special registration plates with a national
  1  7 guard processed emblem with the emblem designed by the
  1  8 department in cooperation with the adjutant general, which
  1  9 emblem signifies that the applicant is a member of the
  1 10 national guard.  The application shall be approved by the
  1 11 department in consultation with the adjutant general.  Letter
  1 12 number designated national guard plates shall be issued at no
  1 13 charge and shall be validated annually by the county treasurer
  1 14 upon payment of the regular annual registration fee.  The fee
  1 15 for issuance of personalized national guard plates is twenty=
  1 16 five dollars, and the annual fee for personalized national
  1 17 guard plates is five dollars, which is in addition to the
  1 18 regular annual registration fee.  Special registration plates
  1 19 with a national guard processed emblem shall be surrendered,
  1 20 as provided in subsection 12, in exchange for regular
  1 21 registration plates upon termination of the owner's membership
  1 22 in the active national guard.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill allows a motor vehicle owner who is a member of
  1 25 the national guard to order special national guard motor
  1 26 vehicle registration plates with a letter number designation
  1 27 at no charge.  Personalized national guard plates would be
  1 28 available for a fee of $25, which is the issuance fee for all
  1 29 personalized registration plates.  The special plates would be
  1 30 renewed annually upon payment of the regular annual
  1 31 registration fee for the vehicle, and in the case of
  1 32 personalized plates, the annual $5 personalized plate fee.
  1 33 Currently, national guard special plates are subject to an
  1 34 initial issuance fee of $25 for letter number designated
  1 35 plates, plus an additional $25 for personalized plates.  There
  2  1 is a special annual renewal fee of $5 for both letter number
  2  2 designated plates and personalized plates, in addition to the
  2  3 regular annual registration fee for the vehicle.
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