HF 2427 (LSB 6184HV (1) 89)

HOUSE FILE 2427

BY  COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS

(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 685)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to certifications on applications for veteran special registration plates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.34, subsection 27, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  For purposes of this subsection, “satisfactory proof of military service and discharge under honorable conditions” includes but is not limited to an application on which the commission of veterans affairs created in chapter 35A, or a county commission of veteran affairs established under chapter 35B, has certified that the owner served in the military and was discharged under honorable conditions.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Under current law, a person who served in the armed forces of the United States and was discharged under honorable conditions may, upon written application and presentation of satisfactory proof of military service and discharge under honorable conditions, order special registration plates bearing a distinguishing processed emblem depicting the word “veteran” below an image of the American flag. The department of transportation’s administrative rules require the application to be submitted to the state commission of veterans affairs. The commission must determine whether the applicant is a veteran and, if so, certify that fact on the application form.
   This bill allows an applicant for veteran special registration plates to submit, as satisfactory proof of the applicant’s military service and discharge under honorable conditions, an application on which the state commission of veterans affairs or a county commission of veteran affairs has certified that the owner served in the military and was discharged under honorable conditions.