Senate File 2026 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2026 BY BEALL and ERNST A BILL FOR An Act providing for the issuance of woman veteran motor 1 vehicle registration plates, and establishing and allocating 2 fees. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5465XS (4) 84 dea/nh

S.F. 2026 Section 1. Section 35A.11, Code Supplement 2011, is amended 1 by adding the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 9A. Woman veteran plates issued pursuant to 3 section 321.34, subsection 20D. 4 Sec. 2. Section 321.34, Code Supplement 2011, is amended by 5 adding the following new subsection: 6 NEW SUBSECTION . 20D. Woman veteran plates. 7 a. The department, in consultation with the adjutant 8 general, shall design a woman veteran distinguishing processed 9 emblem. Upon receipt of two hundred fifty orders for woman 10 veteran special registration plates, accompanied by a start-up 11 fee of twenty dollars per order, the department shall begin 12 issuing special registration plates with the woman veteran 13 distinguishing processed emblem as provided in paragraphs “b” 14 and “c” . 15 b. An owner referred to in subsection 12 who is a female 16 veteran of military service may, upon written application to 17 the department and presentation of satisfactory proof of an 18 honorable discharge from the United States armed forces, order 19 special registration plates with a woman veteran processed 20 emblem. The special plate fees collected by the director under 21 subsection 12, paragraphs “a” and “c” , from the issuance and 22 annual validation of letter-number designated and personalized 23 woman veteran plates shall be paid monthly to the treasurer of 24 state and deposited in the road use tax fund. The treasurer 25 of state shall transfer monthly from the statutory allocations 26 fund created under section 321.145, subsection 2, to the 27 veterans license fee fund created in section 35A.11 the amount 28 of the special fees collected under subsection 12, paragraph 29 “a” , in the previous month for woman veteran plates. 30 c. The surviving spouse of a person who was issued special 31 plates under this subsection may continue to use or apply 32 for and use the special plates subject to registration of 33 the special plates in the surviving spouse’s name and upon 34 payment of the annual five-dollar special plate renewal fee and 35 -1- LSB 5465XS (4) 84 dea/nh 1/ 3

S.F. 2026 the regular annual registration fee for the vehicle. If the 1 surviving spouse remarries, the surviving spouse shall return 2 the special plates to the department and the department shall 3 issue regular registration plates to the surviving spouse. 4 Sec. 3. Section 321.145, subsection 2, paragraph b, 5 subparagraph (3), Code Supplement 2011, is amended to read as 6 follows: 7 (3) The amounts required to be transferred pursuant to 8 section 321.34 from revenues available under this subsection 9 shall be transferred and credited as provided in section 10 321.34 , subsections 7, 10, 10A, 11, 11A, 11B, 13, 16, 17, 18, 11 19, 20, 20A, 20B, 20C, 20D, 21, 22, 23, 24 , 25, and 26 for the 12 various purposes specified in those subsections. 13 EXPLANATION 14 This bill provides for the issuance of special motor vehicle 15 registration plates for woman veterans. The department of 16 transportation, in consultation with the adjutant general, is 17 directed to design a distinguishing processed emblem for the 18 new plate. The department shall begin issuing the special 19 plates with the woman veteran processed emblem upon receipt of 20 250 orders accompanied by a start-up fee of $20 per order. 21 A motor vehicle owner who is an honorably discharged female 22 veteran of the United States armed forces is required to 23 provide satisfactory proof of the veteran’s status to qualify 24 for the special plates. The fee for issuance of the special 25 plate is $25, and the fee for renewal is $5. Both fees are 26 in addition to the regular annual registration fee for the 27 vehicle. Additional fees of $25 for issuance and $5 for 28 renewal apply for a personalized special plate. The fees are 29 credited to the road use tax fund, then on a monthly basis an 30 amount equal to $25 for each special plate issued and $5 for 31 each renewal is transferred from the statutory allocations fund 32 to the veterans license fee fund. 33 The bill provides that a surviving spouse of a woman veteran 34 may continue to use the veteran’s special plates or may apply 35 -2- LSB 5465XS (4) 84 dea/nh 2/ 3

S.F. 2026 for and use the special plates, subject to the applicable 1 fees. The plates must be surrendered if the surviving spouse 2 remarries. 3 -3- LSB 5465XS (4) 84 dea/nh 3/ 3