Amendment H-8129 to HF 2639
Relating to vehicle registration plates, including registration plate frames and Gadsden flag special registration plates
Withdrawn · March 6, 2024
Filed March 5, 2024 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment adds a new option for Bob Ray special license plates that feature his face and the phrase “What Would Bob Ray Do?” The fees collected from these plates would be used to provide grants to organizations that support expanding access to voting.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 2, after line 20 by inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 321.34, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION . 11F. Bob Ray plates. a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the director may issue Bob Ray plates to the owner of a motor vehicle subject to registration under section 321.109, subsection 1, autocycle, motor truck, motor home, multipurpose vehicle, motorcycle, trailer, or travel trailer. b. Bob Ray plates shall be designed by the department. The background shall be blue and the plate’s numbers and letters shall be red. The left side of the plate shall depict an image of Bob Ray’s face. The phrase “What Would Bob Ray Do?” shall appear at the bottom of the plate. c. The special Bob Ray fee for letter-number designated Bob Ray plates is thirty-five dollars. An applicant may obtain personalized Bob Ray plates upon payment of the fee for personalized plates as provided in subsection 5, which is in addition to the special Bob Ray fee. Personalized plates authorized by this subsection shall be limited to no more than five numerals, letters, or combinations of numerals and letters. d. The fees collected by the director under this subsection shall be paid monthly to the treasurer of state and deposited in the road use tax fund. The treasurer of state shall transfer monthly from the statutory allocations fund created under section 321.145, subsection 2, to the general fund of the state the amount of the special fees collected in the previous month for Bob Ray plates. Such moneys are appropriated to the secretary of state to distribute in the form of grants to organizations that support expanding access to voting. In the awarding of grants, the secretary of state shall give first consideration to any official state association of the league of women voters and similar nonprofit organizations. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated under this subsection shall not revert to the general fund of the state. e. Upon receipt of the special registration plates, the applicant shall surrender the current registration plates to the county treasurer. The county treasurer shall validate the special registration plates in the same manner as regular registration plates are validated under this section. The annual special Bob Ray fee for letter-number designated plates is ten dollars which shall be paid in addition to the regular annual registration fee. The annual fee for personalized Bob Ray plates is five dollars which shall be paid in addition to the annual special Bob Ray fee and the regular annual registration fee. The annual special Bob Ray fee shall be credited as provided under paragraph “d” . f. The department shall not condition the issuance of Bob Ray plates on the receipt of any number of orders for Bob Ray plates.”
- Page 3, line 3, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and Bob Ray”
- Page 3, line 10, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and Bob Ray”
- Title page, lines 2 and 3, by striking “special registration plates” and inserting “and Bob Ray special registration plates, and making appropriations”
- By renumbering as necessary.