HOUSE FILE 463

BY  COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 331)

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for a special civil war sesquicentennial motor vehicle registration plate, establishing fees, and making an appropriation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 321.34, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  25.  Civil war sesquicentennial plates.
   a.  An owner referred to in subsection 12, upon written application to the department, may order special registration plates with a civil war sesquicentennial processed emblem. The emblem shall be designed by the department in consultation with the Iowa civil war sesquicentennial advisory committee.
   b.  The special plate fees collected by the director under subsection 12, paragraphs“a” and “c”, from the issuance and annual validation of letter-number designated and personalized civil war sesquicentennial plates shall be paid monthly to the treasurer of state and deposited in the road use tax fund. The treasurer of state shall transfer monthly from the statutory allocations fund created under section 321.145, subsection 2, to the department of cultural affairs the amount of the special fees collected under subsection 12, paragraph “a”, in the previous month for civil war sesquicentennial plates, and such funds are appropriated to the department of cultural affairs to be used for the Iowa battle flag project.
   Sec. 2.  Section 321.145, subsection 2, paragraph b, subparagraph (3), Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   (3)  The amounts required to be transferred pursuant to section 321.34 from revenues available under this subsection shall be transferred and credited as provided in section 321.34, subsections 7, 10, 10A, 11, 11A, 11B, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 20A, 20B, 21, 22, 23,and 24, and 25 for the various purposes specified in those subsections.
EXPLANATION
   This bill provides for the issuance of a special motor vehicle registration plate honoring the sesquicentennial of the civil war. The department of transportation, in consultation with the Iowa civil war sesquicentennial advisory committee, is required to design a processed emblem for the special plate.
   Fees for the special civil war sesquicentennial plate will be the standard fees provided in current law for special registration plates. The initial fee for issuance of special plates is $25. An applicant for personalized special plates must pay a $25 personalized plate fee in addition to the $25 special plate fee. The renewal fee for special plates is $5 in addition to the regular annual registration fee for the vehicle. For renewal of personalized special plates, an additional $5 personalized plate renewal fee applies in addition to the $5 special plate renewal fee and the annual registration fee. All registration fees are deposited in the road use tax fund.
   The bill directs that an amount equal to $25 from each civil war sesquicentennial plate fee and $5 from each renewal fee be credited from the statutory allocations fund to the department of cultural affairs. The fees are appropriated for purposes of the Iowa battle flag project, which is administered by the state historical society.