House
File
2020
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2020
BY
OLSON
,
JONES
,
and
MITCHELL
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
radio
operators
blackout
special
1
registration
plates
for
motor
vehicles.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
321.34,
subsection
3,
Code
2020,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
Radio
operators
plates.
The
owner
of
an
automobile,
3
motorcycle,
trailer,
or
motor
truck
who
holds
an
amateur
radio
4
license
issued
by
the
federal
communications
commission
may,
5
upon
written
application
to
the
county
treasurer
accompanied
6
by
a
fee
of
five
dollars,
order
special
registration
radio
7
operators
plates
bearing
the
call
letters
authorized
the
radio
8
station
covered
by
the
person’s
amateur
radio
license.
When
9
received
by
the
county
treasurer,
such
special
registration
10
radio
operators
plates
shall
be
issued
to
the
applicant
in
11
exchange
for
the
registration
plates
previously
issued
to
12
the
person.
Not
more
than
one
set
of
special
registration
13
radio
operators
plates
may
be
issued
to
an
applicant.
Said
14
fee
shall
be
in
addition
to
and
not
in
lieu
of
the
fee
for
15
regular
registration
plates.
Special
registration
Radio
16
operators
plates
must
,
including
any
special
radio
operators
17
plates
authorized
by
this
section,
shall
be
surrendered
upon
18
expiration
of
the
owner’s
amateur
radio
license
and
the
owner
19
shall
thereupon
be
entitled
to
the
owner’s
regular
registration
20
plates.
The
county
treasurer
shall
validate
special
radio
21
operators
plates
in
the
same
manner
as
regular
registration
22
plates,
upon
payment
of
five
dollars
in
addition
to
the
regular
23
annual
registration
fee.
24
Sec.
2.
Section
321.34,
subsection
11C,
paragraphs
c
and
d,
25
Code
2020,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
26
c.
The
special
blackout
fee
for
letter-number
designated
27
blackout
plates
is
thirty-five
dollars.
An
applicant
eligible
28
for
radio
operators
plates
under
subsection
3
may
obtain
29
radio
operators
blackout
plates
upon
payment
of
the
fee
for
30
radio
operators
plates
as
provided
in
subsection
3,
which
is
31
in
addition
to
the
special
blackout
fee.
An
applicant
may
32
obtain
personalized
blackout
plates
upon
payment
of
the
fee
for
33
personalized
plates
as
provided
in
subsection
5
,
which
is
in
34
addition
to
the
special
blackout
fee.
The
fees
collected
by
35
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the
director
under
this
subsection
shall
be
paid
monthly
to
the
1
treasurer
of
state
and
deposited
in
the
road
use
tax
fund.
2
d.
Upon
receipt
of
the
special
registration
plates,
the
3
applicant
shall
surrender
the
current
registration
plates
to
4
the
county
treasurer.
The
county
treasurer
shall
validate
5
the
special
registration
plates
in
the
same
manner
as
regular
6
registration
plates
are
validated
under
this
section
.
The
7
annual
special
blackout
fee
for
letter-number
designated
plates
8
is
ten
dollars
which
shall
be
paid
in
addition
to
the
regular
9
annual
registration
fee.
The
annual
fee
for
personalized
10
blackout
plates
and
radio
operators
blackout
plates
is
five
11
dollars
which
shall
be
paid
in
addition
to
the
annual
special
12
blackout
fee
and
the
regular
annual
registration
fee.
The
13
annual
special
blackout
fee
shall
be
credited
as
provided
under
14
paragraph
“c”
.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
Under
current
law,
an
owner
of
a
motor
vehicle
who
holds
19
an
amateur
radio
license
issued
by
the
federal
communications
20
commission
may
order
radio
operators
special
registration
21
plates
bearing
the
call
letters
authorized
for
the
radio
22
station
covered
by
the
person’s
amateur
radio
license.
Current
23
law
also
authorizes
the
department
of
transportation
(DOT)
to
24
issue
blackout
plates
to
an
owner
of
a
motor
vehicle,
which
are
25
plates
with
a
black
background
and
white
numbers
and
letters.
26
This
bill
authorizes
the
DOT
to
issue
radio
operators
27
blackout
special
registration
plates.
An
applicant
otherwise
28
eligible
for
radio
operators
plates
may
obtain
radio
operators
29
blackout
plates
upon
the
payment
of
the
$5
fee
for
radio
30
operators
plates
set
forth
under
current
law,
which
is
in
31
addition
to
the
special
blackout
fee.
The
annual
fee
for
radio
32
operators
blackout
plates
is
$5,
which
is
in
addition
to
the
33
annual
special
blackout
fee
and
the
regular
annual
registration
34
fee.
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The
bill
also
makes
conforming
changes
to
Code
section
1
321.34(3)
to
require
special
radio
operators
plates,
such
2
as
radio
operators
blackout
plates,
to
be
surrendered
upon
3
expiration
of
the
owner’s
amateur
radio
license.
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