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Amendment H-8153 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Withdrawn · March 6, 2024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 called "violence prevention plates" that feature an orange background and the phrase “Take Care Of Our Babies.” The money collected from these plate fees would be used to fund grants for raising awareness about youth violence in the state.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. Violence prevention plates. a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the director may issue violence prevention 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. Violence prevention plates shall be designed by the department. The background shall be orange and the plate’s numbers and letters shall be white. The phrase “Take Care Of Our Babies” shall appear at the bottom of the plate. c. The special violence prevention fee for letter-number designated violence prevention plates is thirty-five dollars. An applicant may obtain personalized violence prevention plates upon payment of the fee for personalized plates as provided in subsection 5, which is in addition to the special violence prevention 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 violence prevention plates. Such moneys are appropriated to the department of public safety to distribute in the form of grants to raise awareness about youth violence in this state. 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 violence prevention 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 violence prevention plates is five dollars which shall be paid in addition to the annual special violence prevention fee and the regular annual registration fee. The annual special violence prevention fee shall be credited as provided under paragraph “d” . f. The department shall not condition the issuance of violence prevention plates on the receipt of any number of orders for violence prevention plates.”
- Page 3, line 3, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and violence prevention”
- Page 3, line 10, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and violence prevention”
- Title page, lines 2 and 3, by striking “special registration plates” and inserting “and violence prevention special registration plates, and making appropriations”
- By renumbering as necessary.