S.F. 56 Section 1. Section 321L.1, Code 2021, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 9. “Purple heart recipients and wounded 3 veterans municipal meters parking permit” means a permit issued 4 by the department that allows the holder to park in a metered 5 parking space, either on-street or off-street, operated or 6 maintained by a city, and includes all of the following: 7 a. A purple heart special registration plate issued under 8 section 321.34, subsection 18, to or for a person who was 9 awarded a purple heart medal by the United States government 10 for wounds received in military or naval combat against an 11 armed enemy of the United States. 12 b. A purple heart recipients and wounded veterans removable 13 windshield municipal meters parking placard which is a 14 two-sided placard for hanging from the rearview mirror when 15 the motor vehicle is parked in a metered parking space, either 16 on-street or off-street, operated or maintained by a city. 17 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 321L.11 Purple heart recipients and 18 wounded veterans —— removable windshield municipal meters parking 19 placards —— application and issuance. 20 1. A resident of the state who is a veteran and who 21 was awarded a purple heart medal by the United States 22 government for wounds received in military or naval combat 23 against an armed enemy of the United States, or who has a 24 service-connected disability rating by the United States 25 department of veterans affairs, desiring a removable windshield 26 municipal meters parking placard may apply to the department 27 upon an application form furnished by the department providing 28 the applicant’s full legal name, address, date of birth, 29 social security number or Iowa driver’s license number or Iowa 30 nonoperator’s identification card number, and proof of receipt 31 of the purple heart medal or certification from the United 32 States department of veterans affairs stating the nature of the 33 applicant’s service-connected disability rating, as applicable. 34 Upon receiving a valid application, the department shall issue 35 -1- LSB 1676XS (3) 89 th/ns 1/ 7

S.F. 56 one removable windshield municipal meters parking placard to 1 the applicant. 2 2. The removable windshield municipal meters parking 3 placard shall contain all of the following information: 4 a. Each side of the placard shall include all of the 5 following: 6 (1) A symbol approved for use by the department to designate 7 purple heart recipients and wounded veterans which is at least 8 three inches in height and centered on the placard. 9 (2) An identification number. 10 (3) The seal or other identification of the issuing 11 authority. 12 b. One side of the placard shall contain all of the 13 following information: 14 (1) A statement printed on it as follows: 15 Remove from mirror before operating vehicle. 16 (2) The return address and telephone number of the 17 department. 18 (3) The signature of the person who has been issued the 19 placard. 20 3. A removable windshield municipal meters parking placard 21 shall only be displayed when the vehicle is parked in a metered 22 parking space, either on-street or off-street, operated or 23 maintained by a city. The placard shall be displayed in a 24 manner that allows the entire placard to be visible through the 25 vehicle’s windshield. 26 4. The department shall issue a new removable windshield 27 municipal meters parking placard if the previously issued 28 placard is reported lost, stolen, or damaged. A placard 29 reported lost or stolen shall be invalidated by the department. 30 A placard which is damaged shall be returned to the department 31 and exchanged for a new placard in accordance with rules 32 adopted by the department. 33 5. Any person providing false information with the intent to 34 defraud on the application for a removable windshield municipal 35 -2- LSB 1676XS (3) 89 th/ns 2/ 7

S.F. 56 meters parking placard used in establishing proof under 1 subsection 1 is subject to a civil penalty of three hundred 2 dollars which may be imposed by the department. In addition 3 to the civil penalty, the department shall revoke the placard 4 issued pursuant to this section. 5 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION . 321L.12 Return of purple heart 6 recipients and wounded veterans municipal meters parking 7 placards. 8 1. Purple heart recipients and wounded veterans municipal 9 meters parking placards shall be returned to the department 10 upon the occurrence of any of the following: 11 a. The person to whom the placard has been issued is 12 deceased. 13 b. The person to whom the placard has been issued has moved 14 out of state. 15 c. A person has found or has in the person’s possession a 16 purple heart recipients and wounded veterans municipal meters 17 parking placard that was not issued to that person. 18 d. The placard has been revoked. 19 e. The placard reported lost or stolen is later found 20 or retrieved after a subsequent purple heart recipients and 21 wounded veterans municipal meters parking placard has been 22 issued. 23 2. A person who fails to return a purple heart recipients 24 and wounded veterans municipal meters parking placard and 25 subsequently misuses the placard by illegally parking in a 26 metered parking space, either on-street or off-street, operated 27 or maintained by a city is guilty of a simple misdemeanor 28 punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A, 29 subsection 1, paragraph “c” . 30 3. Purple heart recipients and wounded veterans municipal 31 meters parking placards may be returned to the department as 32 required by this section directly to the department, to a 33 driver’s license station, or to any law enforcement office. 34 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION . 321L.13 Purple heart recipients and 35 -3- LSB 1676XS (3) 89 th/ns 3/ 7

S.F. 56 wounded veterans municipal meters parking —— display and use of 1 permit. 2 1. A purple heart recipients and wounded veterans municipal 3 meters parking permit allows the holder to park a vehicle 4 at parking meters operated and maintained by a city, either 5 on-street or off-street, for free for a period not to exceed 6 twenty-four hours. The holder and the holder’s vehicle are 7 not subject to enforcement of any ordinance related to parking 8 meter fees at such parking meters during the applicable 9 twenty-four-hour period. 10 2. A purple heart recipients and wounded veterans municipal 11 meters parking permit shall be displayed in a motor vehicle 12 as a removable windshield placard or on a vehicle as a purple 13 heart special registration plate when being used by a purple 14 heart recipient or wounded veteran, either as an operator or 15 passenger. Each removable windshield placard shall be of 16 uniform design and fabricated of durable material, suitable 17 for display from within the passenger compartment of a motor 18 vehicle, and readily transferable from one vehicle to another. 19 The placard shall only be displayed when the motor vehicle 20 is parked in a metered parking space, either on-street or 21 off-street, operated or maintained by a city. 22 3. The use of a metered parking space, either on-street or 23 off-street, operated or maintained by a city by an operator 24 of a vehicle displaying a purple heart recipients and wounded 25 veterans municipal meters parking permit but not being used by 26 a person issued the permit constitutes improper use of a purple 27 heart recipients and wounded veterans municipal meters parking 28 permit, which is a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled 29 violation under section 805.8A, subsection 1, paragraph 30 “c” . Proof of conviction of two or more violations involving 31 improper use of a purple heart recipients and wounded veterans 32 municipal meters parking permit is grounds for revocation 33 by the court or the department of the holder’s privilege to 34 possess or use the parking permit. 35 -4- LSB 1676XS (3) 89 th/ns 4/ 7

S.F. 56 4. A peace officer as designated in section 801.4, 1 subsection 11, shall have the authority to and shall enforce 2 the provisions of this section on public and private property. 3 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION . 321L.14 Purple heart recipients and 4 wounded veterans municipal meters parking permits and parking —— 5 rules. 6 The department, pursuant to chapter 17A, shall adopt rules 7 relating to all of the following: 8 1. Establishing procedures for applying to the department 9 for issuance of purple heart recipients and wounded veterans 10 municipal meters parking placards under this chapter, including 11 but not limited to rules detailing the requirements for 12 acceptable proof of receipt of the purple heart medal or 13 certification of a service-connected disability rating. 14 2. Governing the manner in which purple heart recipients 15 and wounded veterans municipal meters parking permits are to be 16 displayed in or on motor vehicles. 17 3. Regarding enforcement of this chapter. 18 Sec. 6. Section 364.3, Code 2021, is amended by adding the 19 following new subsection: 20 NEW SUBSECTION . 13. A city that operates and maintains 21 parking meters, either on-street or off-street, shall not 22 enforce any ordinance related to parking meter fees at such 23 parking meters against a person whose vehicle is lawfully 24 bearing purple heart special registration plates issued 25 pursuant to section 321.34, subsection 18, or displaying a 26 purple heart recipients and wounded veterans municipal meters 27 parking placard issued pursuant to section 321L.11, during the 28 first twenty-four hours the vehicle is parked. 29 Sec. 7. Section 805.8A, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 30 2021, is amended to read as follows: 31 c. For violations under section 321L.2A, subsection 3 , 32 sections section 321L.3, section 321L.4, subsection 2, and 33 section sections 321L.7, 321L.12, and 321L.13, the scheduled 34 fine is two hundred dollars. 35 -5- LSB 1676XS (3) 89 th/ns 5/ 7

S.F. 56 EXPLANATION 1 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 3 This bill creates a new parking permit that allows purple 4 heart recipients and wounded veterans with a service-connected 5 disability rating by the United States department of veterans 6 affairs to park in city-operated and maintained metered parking 7 spaces, either on-street or off-street, free of charge for 8 up to 24 hours. The bill defines the term “purple heart 9 recipients and wounded veterans municipal meters parking 10 permit” to include both purple heart special registration 11 plates and a new removable windshield placard. 12 The bill requires the department of transportation (DOT) to 13 create the new removable windshield placard for purple heart 14 recipients and wounded veterans. The bill specifies certain 15 placard requirements similar to the requirements under current 16 law for persons with disabilities placards. An applicant is 17 eligible to receive one removable windshield placard. There is 18 no fee for the issuance of a removable windshield placard. 19 The bill requires purple heart recipients and wounded 20 veterans municipal meters parking placards to be returned to 21 the DOT when the person to whom the placard was issued is 22 deceased or has moved out of state, a person finds or possesses 23 a placard not issued to that person, the placard has been 24 revoked, or when the placard reported lost or stolen is later 25 found or retrieved after a subsequent placard has been issued. 26 The bill proscribes proper display and use requirements for 27 a purple heart recipients and wounded veterans municipal meters 28 parking permit. 29 The bill prohibits a city that operates and maintains 30 parking meters, either on-street or off-street, from enforcing 31 any ordinance related to parking meter fees against a person 32 whose vehicle is lawfully bearing purple heart special 33 registration plates or displaying a purple heart recipients and 34 wounded veterans municipal meters parking placard during the 35 -6- LSB 1676XS (3) 89 th/ns 6/ 7

S.F. 56 first 24 hours the vehicle is parked. 1 A person who provides false information with the intent to 2 defraud on the application for a purple heart recipients and 3 wounded veterans municipal meters parking placard is subject to 4 a civil penalty of $300. 5 A person who fails to return a purple heart recipients 6 and wounded veterans municipal meters parking placard and 7 subsequently misuses the placard commits a simple misdemeanor 8 punishable by a scheduled fine of $200. Misuse of a purple 9 heart recipients and wounded veterans municipal meters parking 10 permit by a person who was not issued the permit also commits 11 a simple misdemeanor punishable by a scheduled fine of $200. 12 Proof of conviction of two or more violations involving 13 improper use of a purple heart recipients and wounded veterans 14 municipal meters parking permit is grounds for the court or 15 the DOT to revoke the holder’s privilege to possess or use the 16 parking permit. 17 -7- LSB 1676XS (3) 89 th/ns 7/ 7