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Amendment H-8157 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Withdrawn · March 6, 2024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 Iowa public schools special license plates that feature a school building and the phrase “Don’t Tread On Public Schools.” The money collected from these plates would be used to provide grants to public school teachers for purchasing school supplies.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. Iowa public schools plates. a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the director may issue Iowa public schools 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. Iowa public schools plates shall be designed by the department. The background shall be red and the plate’s numbers and letters shall be white. The left side of the plate shall depict a school building. The phrase “Don’t Tread On Public Schools” shall appear at the bottom of the plate. c. The special Iowa public schools fee for letter-number designated Iowa public schools plates is thirty-five dollars. An applicant may obtain personalized Iowa public schools plates upon payment of the fee for personalized plates as provided in subsection 5, which is in addition to the special Iowa public schools 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 Iowa public schools plates. Such moneys are appropriated to the department of education to distribute in the form of grants to public school teachers to purchase school supplies. 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 Iowa public schools 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 Iowa public schools plates is five dollars which shall be paid in addition to the annual special Iowa public schools fee and the regular annual registration fee. The annual special Iowa public schools fee shall be credited as provided under paragraph “d” . f. The department shall not condition the issuance of Iowa public schools plates on the receipt of any number of orders for Iowa public schools plates.”
- Page 3, line 3, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and Iowa public schools”
- Page 3, line 10, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and Iowa public schools”
- Title page, lines 2 and 3, by striking “special registration plates” and inserting “and Iowa public schools special registration plates, and making appropriations”
- By renumbering as necessary.