Senate File 2283 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON VETERANS
                                           AFFAIRS

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2048)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning eligibility criteria for special gold star
  2    motor vehicle registration plates.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5839SV 82
  5 dea/nh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.34, subsection 24, Code Supplement
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    24.  GOLD STAR PLATES.  An owner referred to in subsection
  1  4 12 who is the surviving spouse, parent, child, or sibling of a
  1  5 deceased member of the United States armed forces who died
  1  6 while serving on active duty during a time of military
  1  7 conflict or who died as a result of such service may order
  1  8 special registration plates bearing a gold star emblem upon
  1  9 written application to the department accompanied by
  1 10 satisfactory supporting documentation as determined by the
  1 11 department.  The gold star emblem shall be designed by the
  1 12 department in cooperation with the commission of veterans
  1 13 affairs.  The special plate fees collected by the director
  1 14 under subsection 12, paragraph "a", from the issuance and
  1 15 annual validation of letter=number designated and personalized
  1 16 gold star plates shall be paid monthly to the treasurer of
  1 17 state and credited to the road use tax fund.  Notwithstanding
  1 18 section 423.43, and prior to the crediting of revenues to the
  1 19 road use tax fund under section 423.43, subsection 1,
  1 20 paragraph "b", the treasurer of state shall transfer monthly
  1 21 from those revenues to the veterans license fee fund created
  1 22 in section 35A.11 the amount of the special fees collected in
  1 23 the previous month for gold star plates.
  1 24                           EXPLANATION
  1 25    This bill amends Code language describing persons who are
  1 26 eligible to apply for special gold star motor vehicle
  1 27 registration plates.  Currently, those plates are available,
  1 28 subject to applicable fees, to certain relatives of a deceased
  1 29 member of the United States armed forces who died while
  1 30 serving on active duty during a time of military conflict.
  1 31 Under the bill, surviving relatives of a member of the armed
  1 32 forces who died as a result of such military service are also
  1 33 eligible for special gold star plates.
  1 34 LSB 5839SV 82
  1 35 dea/nh/8