House File 626 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY SHOMSHOR
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act creating a special animal friendly motor vehicle
2 registration plate, establishing fees, and making an
3 appropriation.
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 2005, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 24. ANIMAL FRIENDLY PLATES.
1 4 a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the
1 5 director may issue animal friendly plates to an owner of a
1 6 motor vehicle referred to in subsection 12.
1 7 b. Animal friendly plates shall be designed by the
1 8 department in consultation with the Iowa board of veterinary
1 9 medicine.
1 10 c. The special fee for letter number designated animal
1 11 friendly plates is thirty=five dollars. The fee for
1 12 personalized animal friendly plates is twenty=five dollars,
1 13 which shall be paid in addition to the special animal friendly
1 14 fee of thirty=five dollars. The fees collected by the
1 15 director under this subsection shall be paid monthly to the
1 16 treasurer of state and credited to the road use tax fund.
1 17 Notwithstanding section 423.43, and prior to the crediting of
1 18 revenues to the road use tax fund under section 423.43,
1 19 subsection 1, paragraph "b", the treasurer of state shall
1 20 transfer monthly from those revenues to the department of
1 21 agriculture and land stewardship the amount of the special
1 22 fees collected in the previous month for the animal friendly
1 23 plates and such funds are appropriated to the department of
1 24 agriculture and land stewardship. The Iowa board of
1 25 veterinary medicine shall distribute one hundred percent of
1 26 the funds received monthly in the form of targeted grants to
1 27 public or private organizations that are engaged in pet
1 28 population control efforts, including but not limited to
1 29 nonprofit spay and neuter clinics. Notwithstanding section
1 30 8.33, moneys transferred under this subsection shall not
1 31 revert to the general fund of the state.
1 32 d. Upon receipt of the special registration plates, the
1 33 applicant shall surrender the current registration plates to
1 34 the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall validate the
1 35 special registration plates in the same manner as regular
2 1 registration plates are validated under this section. The
2 2 annual special animal friendly fee for letter number
2 3 designated plates is ten dollars, which shall be paid in
2 4 addition to the regular annual registration fee. The annual
2 5 fee for personalized animal friendly plates is five dollars,
2 6 which shall be paid in addition to the annual special animal
2 7 friendly fee and the regular annual registration fee. The
2 8 annual special animal friendly fee shall be credited and
2 9 transferred as provided under paragraph "c".
2 10 EXPLANATION
2 11 This bill creates a special animal friendly motor vehicle
2 12 registration plate bearing an emblem to be designed by the
2 13 state department of transportation in consultation with the
2 14 Iowa board of veterinary medicine. The plate will be issued
2 15 for a special fee of $35, plus an additional $25 for a
2 16 personalized plate. The annual special renewal fee, which is
2 17 in addition to the regular annual registration fee for the
2 18 vehicle, is $10, plus an additional $5 for personalized
2 19 plates. Moneys from the $35 special plate issuance fee and
2 20 the $10 special plate renewal fee are appropriated to the
2 21 department of agriculture and land stewardship. The board of
2 22 veterinary medicine shall distribute the funds in the form of
2 23 grants to public and private organizations that work to
2 24 control pet overpopulation, such as nonprofit spay and neuter
2 25 clinics.
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