House
Study
Bill
95
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
LATHAM)
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
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Section
1.
Section
321M.9,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2023,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
2
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(4)
The
ten-dollar
convenience
fee
3
collected
pursuant
to
subsection
1A.
4
Sec.
2.
Section
321M.9,
Code
2023,
is
amended
by
adding
the
5
following
new
subsection:
6
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
Convenience
fee.
A
county
authorized
7
to
issue
driver’s
licenses
under
this
chapter
may
charge,
in
8
addition
to
any
other
fee
imposed
by
law,
a
convenience
fee
for
9
the
issuance
or
renewal
of
a
driver’s
license
or
nonoperator’s
10
identification
card
to
a
person
who
is
not
a
resident
of
the
11
county,
unless
that
person
pays
property
tax
to
the
county
12
and
provides
proof
of
payment
such
as
a
receipt
as
provided
13
in
section
445.5,
subsection
6,
or
another
form
of
proof
as
14
determined
by
the
county.
The
convenience
fee
shall
be
ten
15
dollars.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
Current
law
authorizes
certain
counties
to
issue
driver’s
20
licenses
and
nonoperator’s
identification
cards
if
the
county
21
meets
standards
set
by
the
department
of
transportation.
A
22
county
retains
for
deposit
in
the
county
general
fund
$7
of
23
fees
received
for
each
issuance
or
renewal
of
driver’s
licenses
24
and
nonoperator’s
identification
cards.
This
bill
allows
a
25
county
authorized
to
issue
driver’s
licenses
to
charge
a
$10
26
convenience
fee
for
the
issuance
or
renewal
of
a
driver’s
27
license
or
nonoperator’s
identification
card
to
a
person
who
28
is
not
a
resident
of
the
county.
However,
the
county
cannot
29
charge
the
convenience
fee
to
a
nonresident
person
who
pays
30
property
tax
to
the
county
if
the
person
provides
proof
that
31
they
paid
property
tax,
such
as
a
receipt
from
the
county
32
treasurer
or
another
form
of
proof
as
determined
by
the
county.
33
The
county
treasurer
retains
the
entire
convenience
fee
34
collected
for
deposit
in
the
county
general
fund.
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