Amendment H-8142 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Withdrawn · March 6, 2024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 "speech and debate" special license plates that feature a specific blue and yellow design. It also establishes fees for these plates and directs the collected money to the department of education to provide grants to speech and debate organizations.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. Speech and debate plates. a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the director may issue speech and debate 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. Speech and debate plates shall be designed by the department. The background shall be blue and the plate’s numbers and letters shall be black. The left side of the plate shall depict an image of a yellow, four-point half star with an orange circle on top. The phrase “Speech And Debate” shall appear on the bottom of the plate. c. The special speech and debate fee for letter-number designated speech and debate plates is thirty-five dollars. An applicant may obtain personalized speech and debate plates upon payment of the fee for personalized plates as provided in subsection 5, which is in addition to the special speech and debate 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 speech and debate plates. Such moneys are appropriated to the department of education to distribute in the form of grants to organizations supporting speech and debate. In the awarding of grants, the department of education shall give first consideration to the Windsor Heights speech and debate club and similar 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 speech and debate 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 speech and debate plates is five dollars which shall be paid in addition to the annual special speech and debate fee and the regular annual registration fee. The annual special speech and debate fee shall be credited as provided under paragraph “d” . f. The department shall not condition the issuance of speech and debate plates on the receipt of any number of orders for speech and debate plates.”
- Page 3, line 3, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and speech and debate”
- Page 3, line 10, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and speech and debate”
- Title page, lines 2 and 3, by striking “special registration plates” and inserting “and speech and debate special registration plates, and making appropriations”
- By renumbering as necessary.