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Amendment H-8156 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Withdrawn · March 6, 2024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 IVF awareness special license plates that feature an orange infertility awareness ribbon. It also specifies that the fees collected from these plates will be used to fund grants for infertility awareness 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. IVF awareness plates. a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the director may issue IVF awareness 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. IVF awareness plates shall be designed by the department. The background shall be white and the plate’s numbers and letters shall be orange. The left side of the plate shall depict the orange national infertility awareness ribbon. c. The special IVF awareness fee for letter-number designated IVF awareness plates is thirty-five dollars. An applicant may obtain personalized IVF awareness plates upon payment of the fee for personalized plates as provided in subsection 5, which is in addition to the special IVF awareness 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 IVF awareness plates. Such moneys are appropriated to the department of health and human services to distribute in the form of grants to raise awareness about infertility 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 IVF awareness 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 IVF awareness plates is five dollars which shall be paid in addition to the annual special IVF awareness fee and the regular annual registration fee. The annual special IVF awareness fee shall be credited as provided under paragraph “d” . f. The department shall not condition the issuance of IVF awareness plates on the receipt of any number of orders for IVF awareness plates.”
  2. Page 3, line 3, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and IVF awareness”
  3. Page 3, line 10, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and IVF awareness s”
  4. Title page, lines 2 and 3, by striking “special registration plates” and inserting “and IVF awareness special registration plates, and making appropriations”
  5. By renumbering as necessary.

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book