HF 526 (LSB 1917HV (1) 86)

HOUSE FILE 526

BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 143)

(COMPANION TO SF 127 BY ALLEN)

A BILL FOR

An Act increasing the amount of the fees retained by a county treasurer for the issuance or renewal of driver’s licenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321M.9, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Fees to counties.  Notwithstanding any other provision in the Code to the contrary, the county treasurer of a county authorized to issue driver’s licenses under this chapter shall retain for deposit in the county general fund seven ten dollars of fees received for each issuance or renewal of driver’s licenses and nonoperator’s identification cards, but shall not retain any moneys for the issuance of any persons with disabilities identification devices. The five dollar processing fee charged by a county treasurer for collection of a civil penalty under section 321.218A, 321A.32A, or 321J.17 shall be retained for deposit in the county general fund. The county treasurer shall remit the balance of fees and all civil penalties to the department.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Current law provides that a county treasurer shall retain $7 of the fees received for each issuance or renewal of a driver’s license or a nonoperator’s identification card. The bill increases the amount retained by the county to $10.