SF 2244 (LSB 5055SV (2) 86)

SENATE FILE 2244

BY  COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 2015)

(As Amended and Passed by the Senate 2016-02-24)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to persons with disabilities registration plates for motor vehicles owned by trusts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.34, subsection 14, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   14.  Persons with disabilities special plates.  An owner referred to in subsection 12 or an owner of a trailer used to transport a wheelchair who is a person with a disability, or who is the parent or guardian of a child who resides with the parent or guardian owner and who is a person with a disability, as defined in section 321L.1, or a trustee, if the owner is a trust and a current trust beneficiary permitted to operate the motor vehicle or trailer, as specified in the trust agreement or the certification of trust or as authorized by the trustee, is a person with a disability, may, upon written application to the department, order special registration plates with a persons with disabilities processed emblem designed by the department bearing the international symbol of accessibility. The special registration plates with a persons with disabilities processed emblem shall only be issued if the application is accompanied with a statement from a physician licensed under chapter 148 or 149, a physician assistant licensed under chapter 148C, an advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed under chapter 152, or a chiropractor licensed under chapter 151, written on the physician’s, physician assistant’s, nurse practitioner’s, or chiropractor’s stationery, stating the nature of the applicant’s, or the applicant’s child’s, or the current trust beneficiary’s disability and such additional information as required by rules adopted by the department, including proof of residency of a child who is a person with a disability, where applicable. If the application is approved by the department, the special registration plates with a persons with disabilities processed emblem shall be issued to the applicant. There shall be no fee in addition to the regular annual registration fee for the special registration plates with a persons with disabilities processed emblem. The authorization for special registration plates with a persons with disabilities processed emblem shall not be renewed without the applicant furnishing evidence to the department that the owner of the vehicle, or the owner’s child, or the current trust beneficiary is still a person with a disability as defined in section 321L.1. An owner who has a child who is a person with a disability shall provide satisfactory evidence to the department that the child with a disability continues to reside with the owner. The registration plates with a persons with disabilities processed emblem shall be surrendered in exchange for regular registration plates as provided in subsection 12 when the owner of the vehicle, or the owner’s child, or the current trust beneficiary no longer qualifies as a person with a disability as defined in section 321L.1 or when the owner’s child who is a person with a disability no longer resides with the owner.  For the purpose of this subsection, “person with a disability” means as defined in section 321L.1.