Senate File 2244 - Reprinted SENATE FILE 2244 BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2015) (As Amended and Passed by the Senate February 24, 2016 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to persons with disabilities registration 1 plates for motor vehicles owned by trusts. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 SF 2244 (2) 86 ns/nh/jh
S.F. 2244 Section 1. Section 321.34, subsection 14, Code 2016, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 14. Persons with disabilities special plates. An owner 3 referred to in subsection 12 or an owner of a trailer used to 4 transport a wheelchair who is a person with a disability, or 5 who is the parent or guardian of a child who resides with the 6 parent or guardian owner and who is a person with a disability, 7 as defined in section 321L.1 , or a trustee , if the owner is 8 a trust and a current trust beneficiary permitted to operate 9 the motor vehicle or trailer , as specified in the trust 10 agreement or the certification of trust or as authorized by 11 the trustee, is a person with a disability, may, upon written 12 application to the department, order special registration 13 plates with a persons with disabilities processed emblem 14 designed by the department bearing the international symbol of 15 accessibility. The special registration plates with a persons 16 with disabilities processed emblem shall only be issued if the 17 application is accompanied with a statement from a physician 18 licensed under chapter 148 or 149 , a physician assistant 19 licensed under chapter 148C , an advanced registered nurse 20 practitioner licensed under chapter 152 , or a chiropractor 21 licensed under chapter 151 , written on the physician’s, 22 physician assistant’s, nurse practitioner’s, or chiropractor’s 23 stationery, stating the nature of the applicant’s , or the 24 applicant’s child’s , or the current trust beneficiary’s 25 disability and such additional information as required by rules 26 adopted by the department, including proof of residency of a 27 child who is a person with a disability , where applicable . If 28 the application is approved by the department, the special 29 registration plates with a persons with disabilities processed 30 emblem shall be issued to the applicant. There shall be no 31 fee in addition to the regular annual registration fee for the 32 special registration plates with a persons with disabilities 33 processed emblem. The authorization for special registration 34 plates with a persons with disabilities processed emblem shall 35 -1- SF 2244 (2) 86 ns/nh/jh 1/ 2
S.F. 2244 not be renewed without the applicant furnishing evidence to 1 the department that the owner of the vehicle , or the owner’s 2 child , or the current trust beneficiary is still a person 3 with a disability as defined in section 321L.1 . An owner 4 who has a child who is a person with a disability shall 5 provide satisfactory evidence to the department that the 6 child with a disability continues to reside with the owner. 7 The registration plates with a persons with disabilities 8 processed emblem shall be surrendered in exchange for regular 9 registration plates as provided in subsection 12 when the owner 10 of the vehicle , or the owner’s child , or the current trust 11 beneficiary no longer qualifies as a person with a disability 12 as defined in section 321L.1 or when the owner’s child who is a 13 person with a disability no longer resides with the owner. For 14 the purpose of this subsection, “person with a disability” means 15 as defined in section 321L.1. 16 -2- SF 2244 (2) 86 ns/nh/jh 2/ 2