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Amendment H-8147 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Withdrawn · March 6, 2024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 organized labor special license plates that feature an orange background and the phrase “Unions Do It Better.” It also specifies that the fees collected from these plates will be used to provide grants to local union community charities and similar organizations.1

Read the amendment’s wording
  1. Page 2, after line 20 by inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 321.34, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION . 11F. Organized labor plates. a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the director may issue organized labor 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. Organized labor plates shall be designed by the department. The background shall be orange and the plate's numbers and letters shall be white. The phrase “Unions Do It Better” shall appear at the bottom of the plate. c. The special organized labor fee for letter-number designated organized labor plates is thirty-five dollars. An applicant may obtain personalized organized labor plates upon payment of the fee for personalized plates as provided in subsection 5, which is in addition to the special organized labor fee. 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 organized labor plates. Such moneys are appropriated to the department of workforce development to distribute in the form of grants to the local union community charities organization, 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 organized labor 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 organized labor plates is five dollars which shall be paid in addition to the annual special organized labor fee and the regular annual registration fee. The annual special organized labor fee shall be credited as provided under paragraph “d” . f. The department shall not condition the issuance of organized labor plates on the receipt of any number of orders for organized labor plates.”
  2. Page 3, line 3, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and organized labor”
  3. Page 3, line 10, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and organized labor”
  4. Title page, lines 2 and 3, by striking “special registration plates” and inserting “and organized labor special registration plates, and making appropriations”
  5. By renumbering as necessary.

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