HF 716 (LSB 2628HH (2) 89)

HOUSE FILE 716

BY  GERHOLD and JENEARY

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for voluntary contributions to public safety agencies during vehicle registration renewal.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  321.44B  Voluntary contribution —— public safety agencies.
   1.  For each application for vehicle registration renewal, the county treasurer or the department shall request through use of a written form, and if the application is made in person, through verbal communication, that an applicant make a voluntary contribution of one dollar or more, computed to the nearest whole dollar, to an entity designated in subsection 2 or another public safety agency as defined in section 34.1.
   2.  The applicant may designate the voluntary contribution to go to a local police department, an office of a county sheriff, a local emergency medical service provider, a local fire department, the division of state patrol of the department of public safety, or another public safety agency, or a combination of such entities provided each entity receives one dollar or more, computed to the nearest whole dollar.
   3.  One hundred percent of the moneys collected by the county and one hundred percent of the moneys collected by the department in the form of contributions shall be remitted to the applicable entity as designated by the applicant.
   4.  The department shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section.
    Sec. 2.  Section 331.557, subsection 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Issue, renew, and replace lost or damaged vehicle registration cards or plates and issue and transfer certificates of title for vehicles, and collect voluntary contributions, as provided in sections 321.17 to through 321.52.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the department of transportation and county treasurers to request that a person make a voluntary contribution of $1 or more, computed to the nearest whole dollar, to the person’s choice of a local or state public safety agency when renewing the registration of a vehicle. Public safety agency means a functional unit of a public agency that provides fire fighting, law enforcement, ambulance, medical, or other emergency services, including but not limited to entities such as a local police department, an office of a county sheriff, a local emergency medical service provider, a local fire department, and the division of state patrol of the department of public safety. A person may elect to contribute to more than one public safety agency if each agency receives at least $1.