Senate
File
2024
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2024
BY
DONAHUE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
authorizing
former
members
of
the
Iowa
national
guard
1
to
apply
for
and
retain
special
motor
vehicle
registration
2
plates
with
a
national
guard
processed
emblem.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
321.34,
subsection
16,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
An
owner
referred
to
in
subsection
12
who
is
a
member
of
3
the
national
guard,
as
defined
in
chapter
29A
section
29A.1,
or
4
who
is
a
former
member
of
the
national
guard
and
was
discharged
5
under
honorable
conditions
,
may,
upon
written
application
6
to
the
department,
order
special
registration
plates
with
7
a
national
guard
processed
emblem
with
the
emblem
designed
8
by
the
department
in
cooperation
with
the
adjutant
general
,
9
which
emblem
signifies
that
the
applicant
is
a
member
of
the
10
national
guard
or
a
former
member
of
the
national
guard
who
11
was
discharged
under
honorable
conditions
.
The
application
12
shall
be
approved
by
the
department
in
consultation
with
the
13
adjutant
general.
The
special
plate
fees
collected
by
the
14
director
under
subsection
12
,
paragraph
“a”
,
from
the
annual
15
validation
of
letter-number
designated
national
guard
plates,
16
and
subsection
12
,
paragraph
“c”
,
from
the
issuance
and
annual
17
validation
of
personalized
national
guard
plates
shall
be
paid
18
monthly
to
the
treasurer
of
state
and
deposited
in
the
road
use
19
tax
fund.
The
treasurer
of
state
shall
transfer
monthly
from
20
the
statutory
allocations
fund
created
under
section
321.145,
21
subsection
2
,
to
the
veterans
license
fee
fund
created
in
22
section
35A.11
the
amount
of
the
special
fees
collected
under
23
subsection
12
,
paragraph
“a”
,
in
the
previous
month
for
national
24
guard
plates.
Special
registration
plates
with
a
national
25
guard
processed
emblem
shall
be
surrendered,
as
provided
in
26
subsection
12
,
in
exchange
for
regular
registration
plates
upon
27
termination
of
the
owner’s
membership
in
the
active
national
28
guard
in
a
manner
other
than
under
honorable
conditions
.
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
Under
current
law,
a
person
who
was
a
member
of
the
Iowa
33
national
guard
and
who
was
issued
special
motor
vehicle
34
registration
plates
with
a
national
guard
processed
emblem
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is
required
to
exchange
the
plates
for
regular
registration
1
plates
upon
the
termination
of
the
person’s
active
membership
2
in
the
national
guard.
This
bill
authorizes
a
person
3
who
was
discharged
from
the
Iowa
national
guard
under
4
honorable
conditions
to
apply
for
and
continue
to
use
special
5
registration
plates
with
a
national
guard
processed
emblem.
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