S.F. 2234 Section 1. Section 321.34, Code 2026, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 16A. U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) plates. 3 a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the 4 director may issue special registration plates displaying a 5 U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) processed emblem to the owner of a motor 6 vehicle referred to in subsection 12. 7 b. The department shall design the processed emblem to 8 depict the official crest of the U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) in 9 consultation with the U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) commissioning 10 committee. 11 c. The special U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) fee for letter-number 12 designated U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) plates is thirty-five dollars. 13 An applicant may obtain personalized U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) 14 plates upon payment of the fee for personalized plates as 15 provided in subsection 5, which is in addition to the special 16 U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) fee. Personalized plates authorized by 17 this subsection shall be limited to no more than five numerals, 18 letters, or combinations of numerals and letters. 19 d. The fees collected by the director under this subsection 20 shall be paid monthly to the treasurer of state and deposited 21 in the road use tax fund. The treasurer of state shall 22 transfer monthly from the statutory allocations fund created 23 under section 321.145, subsection 2, to the general fund of 24 the state the amount of the special fees collected in the 25 previous month for U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) plates. Such moneys 26 are appropriated to the department of veterans affairs to 27 distribute in the form of grants to organizations that provide 28 suicide prevention support to veterans. Notwithstanding 29 section 8.33, moneys appropriated under this paragraph shall 30 not revert. 31 e. Upon receipt of the special registration plates, the 32 applicant shall surrender the current registration plates to 33 the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall validate 34 the special registration plates in the same manner as regular 35 -1- LSB 5306XS (4) 91 th/ns 1/ 3

S.F. 2234 registration plates are validated under this section. The 1 annual special U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) fee for letter-number 2 designated plates is ten dollars which shall be paid in 3 addition to the regular annual registration fee. The annual 4 fee for personalized U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) plates is five 5 dollars which shall be paid in addition to the annual special 6 U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) fee and the regular annual registration 7 fee. The annual special U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) fee shall be 8 credited as provided under paragraph “d” . 9 f. The department shall not condition the issuance of U.S.S. 10 Iowa (SSN-797) plates on the receipt of any number of orders 11 for U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) plates. 12 EXPLANATION 13 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 14 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 15 This bill authorizes the department of transportation (DOT) 16 to issue U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) special registration plates. 17 The U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) is a Virginia-class attack submarine. 18 The bill provides that the special U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) 19 fee for letter-number designated U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) 20 plates is $35. An applicant may obtain personalized U.S.S. 21 Iowa (SSN-797) plates by paying an additional $25 fee for 22 personalized registration plates as provided in Code section 23 321.34(5), which is in addition to the special U.S.S. Iowa 24 (SSN-797) fee. Personalized U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) plates are 25 limited to five numerals and letters. The annual special 26 U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) fee for letter-number designated plates 27 is $10, which is in addition to the regular annual registration 28 fee. The annual fee for personalized U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) 29 plates is $5, which is in addition to both the annual special 30 U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) fee and the regular annual registration 31 fee. 32 The fees collected by the DOT must be paid monthly to the 33 treasurer of state and deposited in the road use tax fund. The 34 treasurer of state must transfer monthly from the statutory 35 -2- LSB 5306XS (4) 91 th/ns 2/ 3

S.F. 2234 allocations fund to the general fund of the state an amount 1 equal to the special fees collected in the previous month for 2 U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) plates. Such moneys are appropriated to 3 the department of veterans affairs to distribute in the form of 4 grants to organizations that provide suicide prevention support 5 to veterans. 6 The bill prohibits the DOT from conditioning the issuance of 7 U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) plates on the receipt of any number of 8 orders for U.S.S. Iowa (SSN-797) plates. 9 Under current law, nonprofit organizations are authorized 10 to apply to the DOT for approval to issue a decal of the 11 organization’s own design to be displayed on special 12 registration plates with space reserved for an organizational 13 decal. The nonprofit organization may charge a fee and retain 14 any payment received for the organizational decal. Code 15 section 321.34(13) sets forth the application process and 16 certain limitations for nonprofit organizations and decal 17 designs. 18 -3- LSB 5306XS (4) 91 th/ns 3/ 3