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Amendment H-8149 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Withdrawn · March 6, 2024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 major league baseball blackout special license plates. It also specifies that the fees collected from these plates will be used to provide grants to baseball leagues, such as little league teams, 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. Major league baseball blackout plates. a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the director may issue major league baseball blackout 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. Major league baseball blackout plates shall be designed by the department. The background shall be black and the plate’s numbers and letters shall be white. c. The special major league baseball blackout fee for letter-number designated major league baseball blackout plates is thirty-five dollars. An applicant may obtain personalized major league baseball blackout plates upon payment of the fee for personalized plates as provided in subsection 5, which is in addition to the special major league baseball blackout 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 major league baseball blackout plates. Such moneys are appropriated to the department of health and human services to distribute in the form of grants to support baseball leagues other than major league baseball. In the awarding of grants, the department of health and human services shall give first consideration to little league teams in this state, the miracle league, 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 major league baseball blackout 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 major league baseball blackout plates is five dollars which shall be paid in addition to the annual special major league baseball blackout fee and the regular annual registration fee. The annual special major league baseball blackout fee shall be credited as provided under paragraph “d” . f. The department shall not condition the issuance of major league baseball blackout plates on the receipt of any number of orders for major league baseball blackout plates.”
- Page 3, line 3, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and major league baseball blackout”
- Page 3, line 10, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and major league baseball blackout”
- Title page, lines 2 and 3, by striking “special registration plates” and inserting “and major league baseball blackout special registration plates, and making appropriations”
- By renumbering as necessary.