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Amendment H-8154 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Withdrawn · March 6, 2024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 Paralympic games special license plates. It specifies the design of these plates and establishes fees that will be used to fund grants for Paralympic games and athletes through the department of health and human services.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. Paralympic games plates. a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the director may issue paralympic games 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. Paralympic games 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 the logo used by and associated with the paralympic games. c. The special paralympic games fee for letter-number designated paralympic games plates is thirty-five dollars. An applicant may obtain personalized paralympic games plates upon payment of the fee for personalized plates as provided in subsection 5, which is in addition to the special paralympic games 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 paralympic games plates. Such moneys are appropriated to the department of health and human services to distribute in the form of grants to support paralympic games and athletes in this state. In the awarding of grants, the department of health and human services shall give first consideration to the Iowa special olympics and similar nonprofit 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 paralympic games 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 paralympic games plates is five dollars which shall be paid in addition to the annual special paralympic games fee and the regular annual registration fee. The annual special paralympic games fee shall be credited as provided under paragraph “d” . f. The department shall not condition the issuance of paralympic games plates on the receipt of any number of orders for paralympic games plates.”
  2. Page 3, line 3, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and paralympic games”
  3. Page 3, line 10, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and paralympic games”
  4. Title page, lines 2 and 3, by striking “special registration plates” and inserting “and paralympic games special registration plates, and making appropriations”
  5. By renumbering as necessary.

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book