House File 658 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY HUNTER
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to fees for special motor vehicle registration
2 plates issued to disabled veterans.
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 12A, Code 2005, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 12A. SPECIAL REGISTRATION PLATES == ARMED FORCES SERVICES.
1 4 a. An owner of a type of vehicle referred to in subsection
1 5 12 who applies for any type of special registration plates
1 6 associated with service in the United States armed forces
1 7 shall be issued one set of the special registration plates at
1 8 no charge, but shall be subject to the annual registration fee
1 9 of fifteen dollars, if all of the following conditions are
1 10 met:
1 11 a. (1) The owner is eligible for, but has relinquished to
1 12 the department or the county treasurer or has not been issued,
1 13 congressional medal of honor, ex=prisoner of war, or legion of
1 14 merit special registration plates under this section, or
1 15 disabled veteran registration plates under section 321.105.
1 16 b. (2) The owner provides the appropriate information
1 17 regarding the owner's eligibility for any of the special
1 18 registration plates described in paragraph "a", and regarding
1 19 the owner's eligibility for the special registration plates
1 20 for which the owner has applied, as required by the
1 21 department.
1 22 b. A disabled veteran who is the owner of a type of
1 23 vehicle referred to in subsection 12 may apply for and receive
1 24 one set of any type of special registration plates associated
1 25 with service in the United States armed forces. The plates
1 26 shall be issued at no charge, but shall be subject to an
1 27 annual registration fee of five dollars. For purposes of this
1 28 paragraph, "disabled veteran" means a person who has suffered,
1 29 as a result of military service, at least a fifty percent
1 30 service=connected disability, or at least a forty percent
1 31 service=connected disability because of the amputation of a
1 32 lower extremity, and receives compensation from the United
1 33 States because of the disability.
1 34 c. A seriously disabled veteran who receives special
1 35 plates under this subsection shall be exempt from payment of
2 1 the fifteen dollar annual registration fee as provided in
2 2 section 321.105.
2 3 d. Upon the death of the vehicle owner entitled to the
2 4 special registration plates, the special registration plates
2 5 shall be surrendered to the department or the county
2 6 treasurer.
2 7 EXPLANATION
2 8 This bill provides that a disabled veteran is eligible to
2 9 receive one set of any of the special motor vehicle
2 10 registration plates associated with service in the armed
2 11 forces at no charge. The annual registration fee for a
2 12 disabled veteran's motor vehicle registered with the special
2 13 plates is $5, which is in lieu of the regular registration fee
2 14 and the special plate fee. The bill defines "disabled
2 15 veteran" as a person who has suffered, as a result of military
2 16 service, at least a 50 percent service=connected disability,
2 17 or at least a 40 percent service=connected disability because
2 18 of the amputation of a lower extremity, and receives
2 19 compensation from the United States because of the disability.
2 20 Certain seriously disabled veterans who have been provided
2 21 with a vehicle by the United States government are not
2 22 required to pay the annual registration fee for their
2 23 vehicles.
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