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Amendment H-8159 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Withdrawn · March 6, 2024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 "hungry kids plates" that features a cornucopia and the phrase “Feed the Kids.” The fees collected from these plates will be used to provide grants to help school-aged children access food during the summer months.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. Hungry kids plates. a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the director may issue hungry kids 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. Hungry kids plates shall be designed by the department. The background shall be green and the plate’s numbers and letters shall be white. The left side of the plate shall depict an image of a cornucopia. The phrase “Feed the Kids” shall appear at the bottom of the plate. c. The special hungry kids fee for letter-number designated hungry kids plates is thirty—five dollars. An applicant may obtain personalized hungry kids plates upon payment of the fee for personalized plates as provided in subsection 5, which is in addition to the special hungry kids 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 hungry kids plates. Such moneys are appropriated to the department of education to distribute in the form of grants to provide access to food for school-aged children during the months beginning in June and ending in August. 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 hungry kids 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 hungry kids plates is five dollars which shall be paid in addition to the annual special hungry kids fee and the regular annual registration fee. The annual special hungry kids fee shall be credited as provided under paragraph “d” . f. The department shall not condition the issuance of hungry kids plates on the receipt of any number of orders for hungry kids plates.”
- Page 3, line 3, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and hungry kids”
- Page 3, line 10, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and hungry kids”
- Title page, lines 2 and 3, by striking “special” and inserting “and hungry kids special registration plates, and making appropriations”
- By renumbering as necessary.