Amendment H-8143 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Withdrawn · March 6, 2024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 Alpha Kappa Alpha special registration plates that feature a pink background, green letters, and the sorority's crest. It also specifies that the fees collected from these plates will be used to provide grants to neighborhood organizations through the department of health and human services.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. Alpha kappa alpha plates. a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the director may issue alpha kappa alpha 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. Alpha kappa alpha plates shall be designed by the department. The background shall be pink and the plate’s numbers and letters shall be green. The left side of the plate shall depict the crest used by and associated with the alpha kappa alpha sorority. c. The special alpha kappa alpha fee for letter-number designated alpha kappa alpha plates is thirty-five dollars. An applicant may obtain personalized alpha kappa alpha plates upon payment of the fee for personalized plates as provided in subsection 5, which is in addition to the special alpha kappa alpha 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 alpha kappa alpha plates. Such moneys are appropriated to the department of health and human services to distribute in the form of grants to neighborhood organizations. In the awarding of grants, the department of health and human services shall give first consideration to the oakridge neighborhood, and other 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 alpha kappa alpha 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 alpha kappa alpha plates is five dollars which shall be paid in addition to the annual special alpha kappa alpha fee and the regular annual registration fee. The annual special alpha kappa alpha fee shall be credited as provided under paragraph “d” . f. The department shall not condition the issuance of alpha kappa alpha plates on the receipt of any number of orders for alpha kappa alpha plates.”
- Page 3, line 3, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and alpha kappa alpha”
- Page 3, line 10, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and alpha kappa alpha”
- Title page, lines 2 and 3, by striking “special registration plates” and inserting “and alpha kappa alpha special registration plates, and making appropriations”
- By renumbering as necessary.