House File 2225 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HUNTER


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing free motor vehicle registration for certain
  2    disabled veterans.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5943HH 82
  5 dea/nh/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.105, unnumbered paragraph 5, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    Seriously disabled veterans who have been provided with an
  1  4 automobile or other vehicle by the United States government
  1  5 under the provisions of sections 1901 to 1903, Title 38 of the
  1  6 United States Code, 38 U.S.C. } 1901 et seq. (1970), and
  1  7 veterans with a service=connected disability rated at fifty
  1  8 percent or higher shall be exempt from payment of any
  1  9 automobile registration fee provided in this chapter, and
  1 10 shall be provided, without fee, with a registration plate.
  1 11 The disabled veteran, to be able to claim the above benefit,
  1 12 must be a resident of the state of Iowa.  The disabled veteran
  1 13 may obtain a special or personalized plate under section
  1 14 321.34 by paying the difference between the fee for a regular
  1 15 registration plate and the fee for the special or personalized
  1 16 registration plate.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill provides that veterans of the United states armed
  1 19 forces with a service=connected disability rated at 50 percent
  1 20 or higher are entitled to motor vehicle registration plates
  1 21 free of charge.  Currently, free registration plates are
  1 22 issued to seriously disabled veterans who have been provided
  1 23 with an automobile or other vehicle by the United States
  1 24 government.  Disabled veterans may obtain a personalized plate
  1 25 upon payment of the fees associated with personalized plates.
  1 26 In addition, disabled veterans may substitute any of the
  1 27 special plates associated with military service without
  1 28 additional fee.  The use of the free registration plates
  1 29 passes to the surviving spouse upon the death of a disabled
  1 30 veteran.
  1 31 LSB 5943HH 82
  1 32 dea/nh/24