House Study Bill 673 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON HEIN) A BILL FOR An Act allowing counties to collect a fee for the issuance 1 and renewal of driver’s licenses and nonoperator’s 2 identification cards to persons who reside outside the 3 county. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5513YC (3) 88 mo/ns
H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 321M.9, subsection 1, Code 2020, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. Fees to counties. 3 a. Notwithstanding any other provision in the Code to the 4 contrary, the county treasurer of a county authorized to issue 5 driver’s licenses under this chapter shall retain for deposit 6 in the county general fund seven dollars of fees received for 7 each issuance or renewal of driver’s licenses and nonoperator’s 8 identification cards, but shall not retain any moneys for 9 the issuance of any persons with disabilities identification 10 devices. The five dollar processing fee charged by a county 11 treasurer for collection of a civil penalty under section 12 321.218A , 321A.32A , or 321J.17 shall be retained for deposit in 13 the county general fund. The county treasurer shall remit the 14 balance of fees and all civil penalties to the department. 15 b. A county authorized to issue driver’s licenses under 16 this chapter may charge, in addition to any other fee imposed 17 by law, a convenience fee for the issuance or renewal of a 18 driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card to a 19 person who is not a resident of the county. The convenience 20 fee shall not exceed ten dollars. The county treasurer shall 21 retain for deposit in the county general fund the amount of the 22 convenience fee collected. 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 Current law authorizes certain counties to issue driver’s 27 licenses and nonoperator’s identification cards if the county 28 meets standards set by the department of transportation. A 29 county retains for deposit in the county general fund $7 of 30 fees received for each issuance or renewal of driver’s licenses 31 and nonoperator’s identification cards. This bill allows 32 a county authorized to issue driver’s licenses to charge a 33 convenience fee, not to exceed $10, for the issuance or renewal 34 of a driver’s license or nonoperator’s identification card 35 -1- LSB 5513YC (3) 88 mo/ns 1/ 2
H.F. _____ to a person who is not a resident of the county. The county 1 treasurer retains the entire convenience fee collected for 2 deposit in the county general fund. 3 -2- LSB 5513YC (3) 88 mo/ns 2/ 2