Senate File 2009 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY HANCOCK
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the eligibility of motor vehicle owners to
2 obtain fire fighter registration plates.
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 10, Code Supplement
1 2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 10. FIRE FIGHTER PLATES.
1 4 a. The department may issue the special registration
1 5 plates authorized by this section in any of the following
1 6 circumstances:
1 7 (1) An owner referred to in subsection 12 who is a current
1 8 or retired member of a paid or volunteer fire department may,
1 9 upon written application to the department, order special
1 10 registration plates, designed by the department in cooperation
1 11 with representatives designated by the Iowa fire fighters'
1 12 associations, which signify that the applicant is a current or
1 13 retired member of a paid or volunteer fire department.
1 14 (2) An owner referred to in subsection 12 that is a
1 15 corporation, business trust, partnership, limited liability
1 16 company, or other form of business entity may, upon written
1 17 application to the department, order special registration
1 18 plates, designed by the department in cooperation with
1 19 representatives designated by the Iowa fire fighters'
1 20 associations, if the motor vehicle utilizing the special
1 21 registration plates is operated primarily by an employee,
1 22 partner, or officer of the entity who is a current or retired
1 23 member of a paid or volunteer fire department.
1 24 b. The application shall be approved by the department in
1 25 consultation with representatives designated by the Iowa fire
1 26 fighters' associations, and the special registration plates
1 27 shall be issued to the applicant in exchange for the
1 28 registration plates previously issued to the person motor
1 29 vehicle owner. The fee for the special plates is twenty=five
1 30 dollars which shall be paid in addition to the regular annual
1 31 registration fee. The department shall validate the special
1 32 plates in the same manner as regular registration plates are
1 33 validated under this section at the regular annual
1 34 registration fee.
1 35 c. The special fees collected by the director under this
2 1 subsection shall be paid monthly to the treasurer of state and
2 2 credited to the road use tax fund. Notwithstanding section
2 3 423.43, and prior to the crediting of revenues to the road use
2 4 tax fund under section 423.43, subsection 1, paragraph "b",
2 5 the treasurer of state shall transfer monthly from those
2 6 revenues to the Paul Ryan memorial fire fighter safety
2 7 training fund created pursuant to section 100B.12 the amount
2 8 of the special fees collected in the previous month for the
2 9 fire fighter plates.
2 10 d. For purposes of this subsection, a person is considered
2 11 to be retired if the person is recognized by the chief of the
2 12 fire department where the individual served, and on record, as
2 13 officially retired from the fire department.
2 14 e. Special registration plates with a fire fighter emblem
2 15 shall be surrendered, as provided in subsection 12, in
2 16 exchange for regular registration plates upon termination of
2 17 the if any of the following occur:
2 18 (1) The motor vehicle owner's membership in the paid or
2 19 volunteer fire department is terminated, unless the person is
2 20 a retired member in good standing.
2 21 (2) The motor vehicle for which the special registration
2 22 plates were issued pursuant to paragraph "a", subparagraph
2 23 (2), is no longer primarily operated by an employee, partner,
2 24 or officer of the owner entity who is a current or retired
2 25 member of a paid or volunteer fire department.
2 26 EXPLANATION
2 27 Under current Code section 321.34, only motor vehicle
2 28 owners who are current or retired members of a paid or
2 29 volunteer fire department may, upon written application to the
2 30 department, order fire fighter special registration plates.
2 31 This bill allows a motor vehicle owner that is a corporation,
2 32 business trust, partnership, limited liability company, or
2 33 other form of business entity to apply for fire fighter
2 34 special registration plates if the vehicle utilizing the
2 35 special registration plates is operated primarily by an
3 1 employee, partner, or officer of the entity who is a current
3 2 or retired member of a paid or volunteer fire department.
3 3 The bill adds additional circumstances under which the fire
3 4 fighter special registration plates must be surrendered by the
3 5 motor vehicle owner. Fire fighter special registration plates
3 6 issued to an owner that is a corporation, business trust,
3 7 partnership, limited liability company, or other form of
3 8 business entity must be surrendered if the motor vehicle is no
3 9 longer primarily operated by an employee, partner, or officer
3 10 of the owner entity who is a current or retired member of a
3 11 paid or volunteer fire department.
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