SF 2282 (LSB 5891SV (1) 85)

SENATE FILE 2282

BY  COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 2108)

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for the issuance of Sullivan brothers’ award of valor special motor vehicle registration plates, and providing fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.34, Code 2014, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  27.  Sullivan brothers’ award of valor plates.
   a.  An owner referred to in subsection 12 who was awarded the Sullivan brothers’ award of valor, or is the spouse of a person who received the award, may order special registration plates bearing a Sullivan brothers’ award of valor processed emblem upon written application to the department and presentation of satisfactory supporting documentation as determined by the department. The Sullivan brothers’ award of valor distinguishing processed emblem shall be designed by the department in cooperation with the commissioner of public safety. 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 Sullivan brothers’ award of valor 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 special olympics fund created in section 8.8 the amount of the special fees collected under subsection 12, paragraph “a”, in the previous month for Sullivan brothers’ award of valor plates.
   b.  The surviving spouse of a person who received the Sullivan brothers’ award of valor may continue to use or apply for and use the special plates subject to registration of the special plates in the surviving spouse’s name and upon payment of the annual five-dollar special plate fee and the regular annual registration fee for the vehicle. If the surviving spouse remarries, the surviving spouse shall return the special plates to the department and the department shall issue regular registration plates to the surviving spouse.
    Sec. 2.  Section 321.145, subsection 2, paragraph b, subparagraph (3), Code 2014, 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, 20C, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26, and 27 for the various purposes specified in those subsections.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides for the issuance of special Sullivan brothers’ award of valor motor vehicle registration plates. The department of transportation, in cooperation with the commissioner of public safety, is directed to design a Sullivan brothers’ award of valor distinguishing processed emblem. Special plates bearing the emblem will be available to a person who was awarded the Sullivan brothers’ award of valor and to the spouse of a person who received the award. The fee for issuance of the special plates is $25, and the annual renewal fee is $5. Both fees are in addition to the regular annual registration fee for the vehicle. The special plate fees are credited to the road use tax fund, but an equivalent amount is to be transferred from the statutory allocations fund to the special olympics fund. The special Sullivan brothers’ award of valor plates will also be available as personalized plates, subject to the additional $25 personalized plate fee and the $5 annual renewal fee for those plates.
   The bill provides that the surviving spouse of a person who was awarded the Sullivan brothers’ award of valor may also apply for the special plates or may continue to use the special plates issued to the deceased spouse. Upon remarriage, the surviving spouse must return the plates to the department.