House File 91 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  MAY


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act creating a special gold star motor vehicle registration
  2    plate, establishing fees, and allocating fees to the veterans
  3    trust fund.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1369YH 82
  6 dea/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 35A.13, subsection 3, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  Moneys credited to the trust fund from
  1  4 the sale of gold star registration plates pursuant to section
  1  5 321.34, subsection 24.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  Section 321.34, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1  7 the following new subsection:
  1  8    NEW SUBSECTION.  24.  GOLD STAR PLATES.
  1  9    a.  An owner referred to in subsection 12 who is an
  1 10 immediate family member of a deceased veteran who died in
  1 11 combat while serving in the United States armed forces may
  1 12 order special registration plates bearing a gold star emblem
  1 13 upon written application to the department accompanied by
  1 14 satisfactory supporting documentation as determined by the
  1 15 department.  For purposes of this subsection, "immediate
  1 16 family member" means a surviving spouse, parent, child, or
  1 17 sibling of the deceased veteran.
  1 18    b.  The gold star emblem shall be designed by the
  1 19 department in consultation with the commission of veterans
  1 20 affairs.
  1 21    c.  The special fee for letter number designated gold star
  1 22 plates is thirty=five dollars.  The fee for personalized gold
  1 23 star plates is twenty=five dollars, which shall be paid in
  1 24 addition to the special gold star fee of thirty=five dollars.
  1 25 The fees collected by the director under this subsection shall
  1 26 be paid monthly to the treasurer of state and credited to the
  1 27 road use tax fund.  Notwithstanding section 423.43, and prior
  1 28 to the crediting of revenues to the road use tax fund under
  1 29 section 423.43, subsection 1, paragraph "b", the treasurer of
  1 30 state shall transfer monthly from those revenues to the
  1 31 veterans trust fund created in section 35A.13 the amount of
  1 32 the special fees collected in the previous month for the gold
  1 33 star plates.  Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys transferred
  1 34 under this subsection shall not revert to the general fund of
  1 35 the state.
  2  1    d.  Upon receipt of the special registration plates, the
  2  2 applicant shall surrender the current registration plates to
  2  3 the county treasurer.  The county treasurer shall validate the
  2  4 special registration plates in the same manner as regular
  2  5 registration plates are validated under this section.  The
  2  6 annual special gold star fee for letter number designated
  2  7 plates is ten dollars, which shall be paid in addition to the
  2  8 regular annual registration fee.  The annual special fee for
  2  9 personalized plates is five dollars, which shall be paid in
  2 10 addition to the annual special gold star fee and the regular
  2 11 annual registration fee.  The annual special gold star fee
  2 12 shall be credited and transferred as provided under paragraph
  2 13 "c".
  2 14                           EXPLANATION
  2 15    This bill creates a special "gold star" motor vehicle
  2 16 registration plate to be designed by the department of
  2 17 transportation in consultation with the commission of veterans
  2 18 affairs.  The special plates will be available to immediate
  2 19 family members of a deceased veteran who died in combat while
  2 20 serving in the United States armed forces.  The bill defines
  2 21 "immediate family member" as a spouse, parent, child, or
  2 22 sibling of the deceased veteran.  The department is to
  2 23 determine satisfactory supporting documentation to be provided
  2 24 by an applicant for the special plates.
  2 25    The special gold star registration plates shall be issued
  2 26 for a special fee of $35, plus an additional $25 for a
  2 27 personalized plate.  The annual special renewal fee, which is
  2 28 in addition to the regular annual registration fee for the
  2 29 vehicle, is $10, plus an additional $5 for personalized
  2 30 plates.  Moneys from the $35 special plate issuance fee and
  2 31 the $10 special plate renewal fee are to be transferred to the
  2 32 veterans trust fund.
  2 33 LSB 1369YH 82
  2 34 dea:nh/gg/14