House File 716 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 716 BY GERHOLD and JENEARY A BILL FOR An Act providing for voluntary contributions to public safety 1 agencies during vehicle registration renewal. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2628HH (2) 89 th/ns
H.F. 716 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 321.44B Voluntary contribution —— 1 public safety agencies. 2 1. For each application for vehicle registration renewal, 3 the county treasurer or the department shall request through 4 use of a written form, and if the application is made in 5 person, through verbal communication, that an applicant make a 6 voluntary contribution of one dollar or more, computed to the 7 nearest whole dollar, to an entity designated in subsection 2 8 or another public safety agency as defined in section 34.1. 9 2. The applicant may designate the voluntary contribution 10 to go to a local police department, an office of a county 11 sheriff, a local emergency medical service provider, a local 12 fire department, the division of state patrol of the department 13 of public safety, or another public safety agency, or a 14 combination of such entities provided each entity receives one 15 dollar or more, computed to the nearest whole dollar. 16 3. One hundred percent of the moneys collected by the 17 county and one hundred percent of the moneys collected by the 18 department in the form of contributions shall be remitted to 19 the applicable entity as designated by the applicant. 20 4. The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A 21 to administer this section. 22 Sec. 2. Section 331.557, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended 23 to read as follows: 24 1. Issue, renew, and replace lost or damaged vehicle 25 registration cards or plates and issue and transfer 26 certificates of title for vehicles , and collect voluntary 27 contributions, as provided in sections 321.17 to through 28 321.52 . 29 EXPLANATION 30 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 31 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 32 This bill requires the department of transportation and 33 county treasurers to request that a person make a voluntary 34 contribution of $1 or more, computed to the nearest whole 35 -1- LSB 2628HH (2) 89 th/ns 1/ 2
H.F. 716 dollar, to the person’s choice of a local or state public 1 safety agency when renewing the registration of a vehicle. 2 Public safety agency means a functional unit of a public agency 3 that provides fire fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, 4 medical, or other emergency services, including but not limited 5 to entities such as a local police department, an office of a 6 county sheriff, a local emergency medical service provider, a 7 local fire department, and the division of state patrol of the 8 department of public safety. A person may elect to contribute 9 to more than one public safety agency if each agency receives 10 at least $1. 11 -2- LSB 2628HH (2) 89 th/ns 2/ 2