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