H.F. 2374 Section 1. Section 321.34, Code 2026, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 11E. Iowa’s delta waterfowl plates. 3 a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the 4 director may issue Iowa’s delta waterfowl plates to the owner 5 of a motor vehicle subject to registration under section 6 321.109, subsection 1, autocycle, motor truck, motor home, 7 multipurpose vehicle, motorcycle, trailer, or travel trailer. 8 b. Iowa’s delta waterfowl plates shall be designed by the 9 department in cooperation with the Iowa chapters of the delta 10 waterfowl organization. 11 c. The special Iowa’s delta waterfowl fee for letter-number 12 designated Iowa’s delta waterfowl plates is twenty-five 13 dollars. An applicant may obtain personalized Iowa’s delta 14 waterfowl plates upon payment of the fee for personalized 15 plates as provided in subsection 5, which is in addition to the 16 special Iowa’s delta waterfowl fee. 17 d. The fees collected by the director under this subsection 18 shall be paid monthly to the treasurer of state and deposited 19 in the road use tax fund. The treasurer of state shall 20 transfer monthly from the statutory allocations fund created 21 under section 321.145, subsection 2, to the general fund of 22 the state the amount of the special fees collected in the 23 previous month for Iowa’s delta waterfowl plates. Such moneys 24 are appropriated to the department of natural resources to 25 distribute in the form of grants to support delta waterfowl 26 habitat conservation and hunting in Iowa. In the awarding 27 of grants, the department of natural resources shall give 28 first consideration to any state chapter of a nonprofit 29 organization supporting delta waterfowl habitat conservation 30 and improvement, and efforts to increase the number of 31 hunters in this state, and similar nonprofit organizations. 32 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated under this 33 subsection shall not revert. 34 e. Upon receipt of the special registration plates, the 35 -1- LSB 6161YH (2) 91 th/ns 1/ 3

H.F. 2374 applicant shall surrender the current registration plates to 1 the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall validate 2 the special registration plates in the same manner as regular 3 registration plates are validated under this section. The 4 annual special Iowa’s delta waterfowl fee for letter-number 5 designated plates is ten dollars which shall be paid in 6 addition to the regular annual registration fee. The annual 7 fee for personalized Iowa’s delta waterfowl plates is ten 8 dollars which shall be paid in addition to the annual special 9 Iowa’s delta waterfowl fee and the regular annual registration 10 fee. The annual special Iowa’s delta waterfowl fee shall be 11 credited as provided under paragraph “d” . 12 f. The department shall not condition the issuance of Iowa’s 13 delta waterfowl plates on the receipt of any number of orders 14 for Iowa’s delta waterfowl plates. 15 EXPLANATION 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 17 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 18 This bill authorizes the department of transportation (DOT) 19 to design and issue Iowa’s delta waterfowl (IDW) special 20 registration plates. The design must be in cooperation with 21 the Iowa chapters of the delta waterfowl organization. Delta 22 waterfowl is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to the 23 conservation of delta waterfowl and the preservation of delta 24 waterfowl hunters’ hunting heritage. 25 The bill provides that the special IDW fee for letter-number 26 designated IDW plates is $25. An applicant may obtain 27 personalized IDW plates by paying an additional $25 fee for 28 personalized registration plates as provided in Code section 29 321.34(5), which is in addition to the special IDW fee. The 30 annual special IDW fee for letter-number designated plates is 31 $10, which is in addition to the regular annual registration 32 fee. Similarly, the annual fee for personalized IDW plates is 33 $10, which is in addition to both the annual special IDW fee 34 and the regular annual registration fee. 35 -2- LSB 6161YH (2) 91 th/ns 2/ 3

H.F. 2374 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 general fund of the state an amount 4 equal to the special fees collected in the previous month 5 for the IDW plates. Such moneys are appropriated to the 6 department of natural resources (DNR) to distribute in the 7 form of grants to support delta waterfowl habitat conservation 8 and hunting in Iowa. In awarding the grants, DNR must give 9 first consideration to any state chapter of a nonprofit 10 organization supporting delta waterfowl habitat conservation 11 and improvement, and efforts to increase the number of hunters 12 in Iowa, and similar nonprofit organizations. 13 The bill prohibits the DOT from conditioning the issuance 14 of IDW plates on the receipt of any number of orders for IDW 15 plates. 16 Under current law, nonprofit organizations are authorized 17 to apply to the DOT for approval to issue a decal of the 18 organization’s own design to be displayed on special 19 registration plates with space reserved for an organizational 20 decal. The nonprofit organization may charge a fee and retain 21 any payment received for the organizational decal. Code 22 section 321.34(13) sets forth the application process and 23 certain limitations for nonprofit organizations and decal 24 designs. Additionally, the DOT currently offers special ducks 25 unlimited plates, upon application and payment of the required 26 fees. 27 -3- LSB 6161YH (2) 91 th/ns 3/ 3