House Study Bill 674 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            TRANSPORTATION BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON HUSER)


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act authorizing counties to charge an administrative fee for
  2    issuance or renewal of a driver's license or nonoperator's
  3    identification card.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321M.9, subsection 1, Code Supplement
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  FEES TO COUNTIES.  Notwithstanding any other provision
  1  4 in the Code to the contrary, the county treasurer of a county
  1  5 authorized to issue driver's licenses under this chapter shall
  1  6 retain for deposit in the county general fund seven dollars of
  1  7 fees received pursuant to chapter 321 for each issuance or
  1  8 renewal of driver's licenses and nonoperator's identification
  1  9 cards a driver's license or nonoperator's identification card,
  1 10 but shall not retain any moneys for the issuance of any
  1 11 persons with disabilities identification devices.  The five
  1 12 dollar processing fee charged by a county treasurer for
  1 13 collection of a civil penalty under section 321.218A or
  1 14 321A.32A shall be retained for deposit in the county general
  1 15 fund.  The county treasurer shall remit the balance of fees
  1 16 and all civil penalties to the department.
  1 17    Sec. 2.  Section 321M.9, Code Supplement 2007, is amended
  1 18 by adding the following new subsection:
  1 19    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.  Notwithstanding
  1 20 any other provision, the county treasurer of a county
  1 21 authorized to issue driver's licenses under this chapter may
  1 22 charge an administrative fee of not more than three dollars
  1 23 for the issuance or renewal of a driver's license or
  1 24 nonoperator's identification card if authorized by the county
  1 25 board of supervisors.  This amount shall be added to the total
  1 26 amount of the fee, including any applicable surcharges, due
  1 27 pursuant to chapter 321.  Moneys collected from administrative
  1 28 fees under this subsection shall be deposited in the county
  1 29 general fund.
  1 30    Sec. 3.  Section 331.557A, Code Supplement 2007, is amended
  1 31 by adding the following new subsection:
  1 32    NEW SUBSECTION.  3A.  If authorized by the board, collect
  1 33 an administrative fee for the issuance or renewal of a
  1 34 driver's license or nonoperator's identification card, to be
  1 35 retained by the county for deposit in the county general fund.
  2  1                           EXPLANATION
  2  2    This bill allows a county treasurer to charge an applicant
  2  3 for a driver's license or nonoperator's identification card an
  2  4 administrative fee of not more than $3 for the issuance or
  2  5 renewal of a driver's license or nonoperator's identification
  2  6 card, if authorized by the county board of supervisors.  The
  2  7 fee would be retained for deposit in the county's general
  2  8 fund.
  2  9    Currently, county treasurers who issue driver's licenses
  2 10 retain, for deposit in the county's general fund, $7 from fees
  2 11 collected for each driver's license or nonoperator's
  2 12 identification card issued or renewed by the treasurer.
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