Amendment H-8152 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Withdrawn · March 6, 2024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 type of special license plate for OB/GYN and maternal health that features a stethoscope design. It establishes specific fees for these plates and directs the collected money to the department of health and human services to provide grants for supporting pregnant women.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. OB/GYN and maternal health plates. a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the director may issue OB/GYN and maternal health 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. OB/GYN and maternal health plates shall be designed by the department. The background shall be white and the plate’s numbers and letters shall be blue. The left side of the plate shall depict a blue circle with a heart-shaped stethoscope listening to a pregnant belly inside the circle. c. The special OB/GYN and maternal health fee for letter-number designated OB/GYN and maternal health plates is thirty-five dollars. An applicant may obtain personalized OB/GYN and maternal health plates upon payment of the fee for personalized plates as provided in subsection 5, which is in addition to the special OB/GYN and maternal health 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 OB/GYN and maternal health plates. Such moneys are appropriated to the department of health and human services to distribute in the form of grants to support pregnant women in this state. In the awarding of grants, the department of health and human services shall give first consideration to planned parenthood, 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 OB/GYN and maternal health 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 OB/GYN and maternal health plates is five dollars which shall be paid in addition to the annual special OB/GYN and maternal health fee and the regular annual registration fee. The annual special OB/GYN and maternal health fee shall be credited as provided under paragraph “d” . f. The department shall not condition the issuance of OB/GYN and maternal health plates on the receipt of any number of orders for OB/GYN and maternal health plates.”
- Page 3, line 3, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and OB/GYN and maternal health”
- Page 3, line 10, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and OB/GYN and maternal health”
- Title page, lines 2 and 3, by striking “special registration plates” and inserting “and OB/GYN and maternal health special registration plates, and making appropriations”
- By renumbering as necessary.