House File 2225 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY HUNTER Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays 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 PAG LIN 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