H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 35A.11, Code 2013, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 11. Disabled veteran —— branch of service 3 plates issued pursuant to section 321.34, subsection 27. 4 Sec. 2. Section 321.34, Code 2013, is amended by adding the 5 following new subsection: 6 NEW SUBSECTION . 27. Disabled veteran —— branch of service 7 plates. 8 a. The department, in consultation with the adjutant 9 general, shall design disabled veteran plates as provided in 10 section 321.166, subsection 6, with separate distinguishing 11 processed emblems representing each of the five branches of the 12 United States military service. 13 b. An owner referred to in subsection 12 who is a veteran 14 of the United States armed forces with a service-connected 15 disability rated at ten percent or higher may, upon written 16 application to the department and presentation of satisfactory 17 proof of military service and service-connected disability 18 status, order disabled veteran —— branch of service plates 19 associated with the veteran’s branch of military service. 20 c. The special fee for the issuance of disabled veteran 21 —— branch of service plates is twenty-five dollars, which is 22 in addition to the regular annual registration fee. The fees 23 collected by the director under this subsection shall be paid 24 monthly to the treasurer of state and deposited in the road use 25 tax fund. The treasurer of state shall transfer monthly from 26 the statutory allocations fund created under section 321.145, 27 subsection 2, to the veterans license fee fund created under 28 section 35A.11, the amount of the special fees collected in the 29 previous month for the disabled veteran —— branch of service 30 plates. 31 d. Upon receipt of the special registration plates, the 32 applicant shall surrender the current registration plates to 33 the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall validate 34 the special registration plates in the same manner as regular 35 -1- LSB 1680YC (2) 85 dea/nh 1/ 4

H.F. _____ registration plates are validated under this section. The 1 annual special fee for disabled veteran —— branch of service 2 plates is five dollars, which shall be paid in addition to the 3 regular annual registration fee. The annual special plate fee 4 shall be credited and transferred as provided under paragraph 5 “c” . 6 e. Notwithstanding any other provision, the owner of a motor 7 vehicle referred to in subsection 12 who is a veteran of the 8 United States armed forces with a service-connected disability 9 rated at eighty percent or higher may order one set of disabled 10 veteran —— branch of service plates to be issued at no charge 11 to the applicant in exchange for the registration plates 12 previously issued for the vehicle. A person who is issued 13 special plates under this paragraph is exempt from payment of 14 any annual registration fee for the motor vehicle bearing the 15 special plates. An applicant for special registration plates 16 under this paragraph may order only one set of registration 17 plates under this paragraph, but may order additional disabled 18 veteran —— branch of service plates according to the terms of 19 paragraphs “c” and “d” . 20 f. The surviving spouse of a person who was issued special 21 plates under this subsection may continue to use or apply for 22 and use the special plates subject to registration of the 23 special plates in the surviving spouse’s name and upon payment 24 of the annual five-dollar special plate fee and the regular 25 annual registration fee for the vehicle, if applicable. If the 26 surviving spouse remarries, the surviving spouse shall return 27 the special plates to the department and the department shall 28 issue regular registration plates to the surviving spouse. 29 Sec. 3. Section 321.145, subsection 2, paragraph b, 30 subparagraph (3), Code 2013, is amended to read as follows: 31 (3) The amounts required to be transferred pursuant to 32 section 321.34 from revenues available under this subsection 33 shall be transferred and credited as provided in section 34 321.34, subsections 7, 10, 10A, 11, 11A, 11B, 13, 16, 17, 18, 35 -2- LSB 1680YC (2) 85 dea/nh 2/ 4

H.F. _____ 19, 20, 20A, 20B, 20C, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26 , and 27 for 1 the various purposes specified in those subsections. 2 Sec. 4. Section 321.166, subsection 6, Code 2013, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 6. Registration plates issued to a disabled veteran under 5 the provisions of section 321.34, subsection 27, or section 6 321.105 shall display the alphabetical characters “DV” which 7 shall precede the registration plate number. The plates may 8 also display a persons with disabilities parking sticker if 9 issued to the disabled veteran by the department under section 10 321L.2 . 11 EXPLANATION 12 This bill requires the department of transportation to 13 issue special disabled veteran —— branch of service motor 14 vehicle registration plates associated with a veteran’s branch 15 of military service. The bill requires the department, in 16 consultation with the adjutant general, to design disabled 17 veteran plates with separate distinguishing processed emblems 18 representing each of the five branches of United States 19 military service. The special plates will also display the 20 characters “DV” preceding the registration plate number, which 21 is the case with special plates currently issued to certain 22 seriously disabled veterans. The disabled veteran —— branch 23 of service plates will be available to veterans of the United 24 States armed forces who have a service-connected disability 25 rated at 10 percent or higher. The initial fee for issuance of 26 the special plates is $25, and the annual renewal fee is $5. 27 Both fees are in addition to the regular annual registration 28 fee for the vehicle. 29 Pursuant to current law, all motor vehicle registration fees 30 are deposited in the road use tax fund. Under the bill, an 31 amount equal to the amount collected from the $25 issuance fee 32 and the $5 renewal fee for special disabled veteran —— branch 33 of service plates is credited from the statutory allocations 34 fund to the veterans license fee fund administered by the 35 -3- LSB 1680YC (2) 85 dea/nh 3/ 4

H.F. _____ commission of veterans affairs. 1 The bill provides that a veteran with a service-connected 2 disability rated at 80 percent or higher is entitled to receive 3 one set of the disabled veteran —— branch of service plates at 4 no charge, and the veteran is exempt from the payment of annual 5 registration fees for the vehicle for which the special plates 6 are issued. 7 As is the case for other special registration plates 8 connected with military service, the surviving spouse of a 9 veteran who was issued special disabled veteran —— branch of 10 service plates may continue to use the special plates, subject 11 to any applicable fees, but must surrender the plates upon 12 remarriage. 13 Under current law, seriously disabled veterans who have been 14 provided with an automobile or other vehicle by the United 15 States government are exempt from the payment of vehicle 16 registration fees and are issued special disabled veteran 17 registration plates. A veteran with those special plates is 18 not required to apply for a persons with disabilities parking 19 sticker. Under the bill, that privilege will continue to apply 20 only to those seriously disabled veterans who display the 21 current disabled veteran plate. 22 -4- LSB 1680YC (2) 85 dea/nh 4/ 4