House File 2137 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2137 BY LANDON A BILL FOR An Act relating to public safety, including by creating a 1 public safety equipment fund and by providing for the 2 display of a special registration sticker on certain motor 3 vehicles in lieu of a front registration plate, and making 4 penalties applicable. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 6 TLSB 5571YH (3) 88 mo/ns

H.F. 2137 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 80.48 Public safety equipment fund. 1 1. A public safety equipment fund is created in the state 2 treasury under the control of the department. The fund shall 3 consist of moneys transferred to the fund pursuant to section 4 321.37A and any other moneys appropriated to or deposited 5 in the fund. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the 6 department for the purchase, maintenance, and replacement of 7 equipment used by the department. 8 2. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund 9 that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of a 10 fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for 11 expenditure for the purposes designated. Notwithstanding 12 section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in 13 the fund shall be credited to the fund. 14 Sec. 2. Section 321.37, subsection 1, Code 2020, is amended 15 to read as follows: 16 1. Registration plates issued for a motor vehicle other 17 than an autocycle, motorcycle, motorized bicycle, or truck 18 tractor shall be attached to the motor vehicle, one in the 19 front and the other in the rear. However, subject to the 20 conditions set forth in section 321.37A, a person may display 21 a special registration sticker on the motor vehicle in lieu 22 of attaching a front registration plate. The registration 23 plate issued for an autocycle, motorcycle, or other vehicle 24 required to be registered hereunder under this chapter shall be 25 attached to the rear of the vehicle. The registration plate 26 issued for a truck tractor shall be attached to the front of 27 the truck tractor. The special plate issued to a dealer shall 28 be attached on the rear of the vehicle when operated on the 29 highways of this state. 30 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION . 321.37A Special registration sticker. 31 1. Upon application and payment of a fee of fifty dollars, 32 the department may issue a special registration sticker to the 33 owner of a motor vehicle other than an autocycle, motorcycle, 34 motorized bicycle, truck tractor, or motor vehicle operating 35 -1- LSB 5571YH (3) 88 mo/ns 1/ 3

H.F. 2137 under a special plate issued to a dealer. The special 1 registration sticker may be displayed on the motor vehicle’s 2 rear registration plate. If the special registration sticker 3 is displayed on the rear registration plate, the motor vehicle 4 may be operated without the front registration plate attached, 5 provided that the front registration plate is carried in the 6 vehicle at all times when the vehicle is operated on a public 7 highway and is available for inspection to any peace officer 8 upon the officer’s request. 9 2. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A 10 providing for the placement of the special registration sticker 11 on the rear registration plate. 12 3. The fees collected by the department under this section 13 shall be remitted to the treasurer of state for deposit in the 14 public safety equipment fund created in section 80.48 to be 15 used for the purposes specified for the fund. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 This bill authorizes the department of transportation (DOT) 20 to issue a motor vehicle special registration sticker that may 21 be displayed on the rear registration plate of certain motor 22 vehicles. If the special registration sticker is displayed 23 on the rear registration plate, the motor vehicle may be 24 operated without the front registration plate attached. The 25 front registration plate must be carried in the vehicle at all 26 times when the vehicle is operated on a public highway and 27 must be available for inspection to any peace officer upon 28 the officer’s request. Requirements for the display of a 29 rear registration plate and annual validation sticker are not 30 altered by the bill. 31 The fee for a special registration sticker is $50. The 32 fees collected by the DOT for special registration stickers 33 must be remitted to the treasurer of state for deposit in the 34 public safety equipment fund. The bill creates the public 35 -2- LSB 5571YH (3) 88 mo/ns 2/ 3

H.F. 2137 safety equipment fund and appropriates moneys in the fund 1 to the department of public safety (DPS) for the purchase, 2 maintenance, and replacement of equipment used by DPS. 3 By operation of law, a violation of the provisions of the 4 bill is punishable by a scheduled fine of $20. 5 -3- LSB 5571YH (3) 88 mo/ns 3/ 3