Senate Study Bill 3124 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON BEALL) A BILL FOR An Act concerning the issuance of disabled veteran motor 1 vehicle registration plates to certain disabled veterans. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5496XC (3) 85 dea/nh

S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 321.34, Code 2014, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 27. Disabled veteran plates. An 3 owner referred to in subsection 12 who is a veteran of the 4 armed forces of the United States with a service-connected 5 disability rated at fifty percent or higher may, upon written 6 application to the department, order one set of disabled 7 veteran registration plates of the type described in section 8 321.166, subsection 6. The application shall be approved 9 by the department, and the disabled veteran plates shall be 10 issued to the applicant in exchange for the registration 11 plates previously issued to the person. There shall be no fee 12 in addition to the regular annual registration fee for the 13 disabled veteran plates issued under this subsection. 14 Sec. 2. Section 321.166, subsection 6, Code 2014, is amended 15 to read as follows: 16 6. Registration plates issued to a disabled veteran under 17 the provisions of section 321.34, subsection 27, or section 18 321.105 shall display the alphabetical characters “DV” which 19 shall precede the registration plate number. The plates may 20 also display a persons with disabilities parking sticker if 21 issued to the disabled veteran by the department under section 22 321L.2 . 23 EXPLANATION 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 25 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 26 This bill provides that a veteran of the United States 27 armed forces with a service-connected disability rated at 50 28 percent or higher may be issued one set of disabled veteran 29 registration plates. Application for the plates is subject to 30 approval by the department of transportation. The plates are 31 to be issued without any special fee, other than the regular 32 annual registration fee for the vehicle. 33 Currently, disabled veteran registration plates are only 34 issued to seriously disabled veterans who have been provided 35 -1- LSB 5496XC (3) 85 dea/nh 1/ 2

S.F. _____ with an automobile or other vehicle by the United States 1 government. The plates are issued without fee to such 2 veterans. 3 -2- LSB 5496XC (3) 85 dea/nh 2/ 2