House File 2419 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2419 BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2088) A BILL FOR An Act relating to agricultural literacy special registration 1 plates for motor vehicles. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5278HV (1) 86 ns/nh

H.F. 2419 Section 1. Section 321.34, Code 2016, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 28. Agricultural literacy plates. 3 a. The department, in consultation with the department 4 of agriculture and land stewardship and the Iowa agriculture 5 literacy foundation, shall design an agricultural literacy 6 distinguishing processed emblem. Upon receipt of two hundred 7 fifty orders for agricultural literacy special registration 8 plates, accompanied by a start-up fee of twenty dollars per 9 order, the department shall begin issuing special registration 10 plates with an agricultural literacy processed emblem as 11 provided in paragraphs “b” and “c” . 12 b. An owner of a motor vehicle referred to in subsection 13 12, upon written application to the department, may order 14 special registration plates with an agricultural literacy 15 processed emblem. The special fee for letter-number designated 16 agricultural literacy plates is thirty-five dollars. The fee 17 for personalized agricultural literacy plates is twenty-five 18 dollars, which shall be paid in addition to the special 19 agricultural literacy fee of thirty-five dollars. The fees 20 collected by the director under this paragraph shall be paid 21 monthly to the treasurer of state and deposited in the road 22 use tax fund. The treasurer of state shall transfer monthly 23 from the statutory allocations fund created under section 24 321.145, subsection 2, to the department of agriculture and 25 land stewardship the amount of the special fees collected in 26 the previous month for the agricultural literacy plates. The 27 department of agriculture and land stewardship shall distribute 28 one hundred percent of the funds received monthly to the Iowa 29 agriculture literacy foundation to be used for grants, awards, 30 and scholarships provided by the foundation. Notwithstanding 31 section 8.33, moneys transferred under this subsection shall 32 not revert to the general fund of the state. 33 c. Upon receipt of the special registration plates, the 34 applicant shall surrender the current registration plates to 35 -1- LSB 5278HV (1) 86 ns/nh 1/ 3

H.F. 2419 the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall validate 1 the special registration plates in the same manner as regular 2 registration plates are validated under this section. The 3 annual special agricultural literacy fee for letter-number 4 designated plates is ten dollars, which shall be paid in 5 addition to the regular annual registration fee. The annual 6 special fee for personalized agricultural literacy plates is 7 five dollars, which shall be paid in addition to the annual 8 special agricultural literacy fee and the regular annual 9 registration fee. The annual special agricultural literacy fee 10 shall be credited and transferred as provided under paragraph 11 “b” . 12 Sec. 2. Section 321.145, subsection 2, paragraph b, 13 subparagraph (3), Code 2016, is amended to read as follows: 14 (3) The amounts required to be transferred pursuant to 15 section 321.34 from revenues available under this subsection 16 shall be transferred and credited as provided in section 17 321.34 , subsections 7, 10, 10A, 11, 11A, 11B, 13, 16, 17, 18 18, 19, 20, 20A, 20B, 20C, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26 for the 19 various purposes specified in those subsections that section . 20 EXPLANATION 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 22 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 23 This bill provides that the department of transportation 24 (DOT), in consultation with the department of agriculture and 25 land stewardship (DALS) and the Iowa agriculture literacy 26 foundation (IALF), shall design an agricultural literacy 27 distinguishing processed emblem for registration plates. 28 Upon receipt of 250 orders for agricultural literacy special 29 registration plates, accompanied by a start-up fee of $20 per 30 order, the DOT shall begin issuing special registration plates 31 with an agricultural literacy processed emblem. 32 The special fee for letter-number designated agricultural 33 literacy plates is $35. The fee for personalized agricultural 34 literacy plates is $25 in addition to the special fee. The 35 -2- LSB 5278HV (1) 86 ns/nh 2/ 3

H.F. 2419 annual special fee for letter-number designated plates is 1 $10, which shall be paid in addition to the regular annual 2 registration fee. The annual special fee for personalized 3 agricultural literacy plates is $5, which shall be paid in 4 addition to the annual special fee and the regular annual 5 registration fee. 6 The bill requires the fees collected by the DOT to be 7 paid monthly to the treasurer of state and deposited in the 8 road use tax fund. The treasurer of state shall transfer 9 monthly from the statutory allocations fund to DALS the 10 amount of the special fees collected in the previous month 11 for the agricultural literacy plates. The bill provides that 12 DALS shall distribute such funds to the IALF to be used for 13 grants, awards, and scholarships provided by the IALF. Moneys 14 transferred under the bill shall not revert to the general fund 15 of the state. 16 -3- LSB 5278HV (1) 86 ns/nh 3/ 3