S.F. 2040 Section 1. Section 162.2C, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2024, 1 are amended to read as follows: 2 2. The fund shall include moneys collected by the department 3 in fees as provided in section 162.2B , moneys transferred 4 pursuant to section 321.34, subsection 28, and moneys 5 appropriated by the general assembly. The fund may include 6 other moneys available to and obtained or accepted by the 7 department, including moneys from public or private sources. 8 3. a. Moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department 9 and shall be used exclusively to carry out the provisions of 10 this chapter as determined and directed by the department, and 11 shall not require further special authorization by the general 12 assembly. 13 b. The department shall use moneys in the fund transferred 14 pursuant to section 321.34, subsection 28, to increase the 15 frequency of inspections authorized under section 162.10B. 16 Sec. 2. Section 321.34, Code 2024, is amended by adding the 17 following new subsection: 18 NEW SUBSECTION . 28. Animal welfare plates. 19 a. An owner referred to in subsection 12 may, upon written 20 application to the department, order special registration 21 plates with an animal welfare distinguishing processed emblem. 22 b. The animal welfare emblem shall depict a black cat nested 23 within a white dog, nested within a black paw print. 24 c. The special animal welfare fee for letter-number 25 designated animal welfare plates is thirty-five dollars. An 26 applicant may obtain personalized animal welfare plates as 27 described in subsection 12, paragraph “c” . 28 d. The fees collected by the director under this subsection, 29 and the fees collected by the director under subsection 12, 30 paragraph “a” , from the annual validation of letter-number 31 designated animal welfare plates, and subsection 12, paragraph 32 “c” , from the issuance and annual validation of personalized 33 animal welfare plates, shall be paid monthly to the treasurer 34 of state and deposited in the road use tax fund. The treasurer 35 -1- LSB 5062XS (3) 90 th/ns 1/ 3

S.F. 2040 of state shall transfer monthly from the statutory allocations 1 fund created under section 321.145, subsection 2, to the 2 commercial establishment fund created in section 162.2C the 3 amount of the special fees collected in the previous month for 4 animal welfare plates. 5 e. The department shall not condition the issuance of animal 6 welfare plates on the receipt of any number of orders for 7 animal welfare plates. 8 EXPLANATION 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 11 Under current law, the owner of a vehicle subject to 12 registration may apply to the department of transportation 13 (DOT) to order special registration plates with a 14 distinguishing processed emblem authorized by Code section 15 321.34 or approved by the DOT. Personalized processed emblem 16 special registration plates are limited to five or fewer 17 numerals and letters. This bill authorizes the DOT to design 18 and issue special registration plates with an animal welfare 19 distinguishing processed emblem. The bill requires the DOT to 20 design the animal welfare emblem, which must depict a black cat 21 nested within a white dog, nested within a black paw print. 22 Under current law, the default special fee for a special 23 registration plate with a distinguishing processed emblem 24 is $25. However, the bill provides that the special animal 25 welfare fee for letter-number designated animal welfare plates 26 is $35. Pursuant to current law, an applicant may obtain 27 personalized animal welfare plates upon payment of the $25 fee 28 for personalized plates, which is in addition to the special 29 animal welfare fee. Pursuant to current law, the annual 30 special animal welfare fee for letter-number designated plates 31 is $5, which is in addition to the regular annual registration 32 fee, and the annual fee for personalized animal welfare plates 33 is $5, which is in addition to the annual special animal 34 welfare fee and the regular annual registration fee. 35 -2- LSB 5062XS (3) 90 th/ns 2/ 3

S.F. 2040 The fees collected by the DOT must be paid monthly to the 1 treasurer of state and deposited in the road use tax fund. The 2 treasurer of state must transfer monthly from the statutory 3 allocations fund to the commercial establishment fund the 4 amount of the special fees collected in the previous month for 5 animal welfare plates. 6 Under the current law, the department of agriculture and 7 land stewardship (DALS) is responsible for regulating the 8 care of animals in commercial establishments pursuant to Code 9 chapter 162. “Commercial establishment” is defined in Code 10 chapter 162 as an animal shelter, boarding kennel, commercial 11 breeder, commercial kennel, dealer, pet shop, pound, public 12 auction, or research facility. The bill requires DALS to use 13 the moneys deposited in the commercial establishment fund 14 from animal welfare plate fees to increase the frequency of 15 inspections authorized under Code section 162.10B. Pursuant 16 to Code section 162.10B, DALS may inspect the commercial 17 establishment of a registrant or state licensee by entering 18 onto its business premises at any time during normal working 19 hours. In addition, DALS may inspect records required to be 20 maintained by the state licensee or registrant. 21 The bill prohibits the DOT from conditioning the issuance of 22 animal welfare plates on the receipt of any number of orders 23 for animal welfare plates. 24 -3- LSB 5062XS (3) 90 th/ns 3/ 3