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Amendment H-8160 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Withdrawn · March 6, 2024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 small business special registration plates that feature a coffee mug image on a black background. It also establishes specific fees for these plates and directs the collected money to be used for grants for small business owners.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. Small business plates. a. Upon application and payment of the proper fees, the director may issue small business 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. Small business plates shall be designed by the department. The background shall be black and the plate’s numbers and letters shall be white. The left side of the plate shall depict an image of a coffee mug. c. The special small business fee for letter-number designated small business plates is thirty-five dollars. An applicant may obtain personalized small business plates upon payment of the fee for personalized plates as provided in subsection 5, which is in addition to the special small business 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 small business plates. Such moneys are appropriated to the department of workforce development to distribute in the form of grants to small business owners. 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 small business 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 small business plates is five dollars which shall be paid in addition to the annual special small business fee and the regular annual registration fee. The annual special small business fee shall be credited as provided under paragraph “d” . f. The department shall not condition the issuance of small business plates on the receipt of any number of orders for small business plates.”
- Page 3, line 3, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and small business”
- Page 3, line 10, by striking “and Gadsden flag” and inserting “Gadsden flag, and small business”
- Title page, lines 2 and 3, by striking “special registration plates” and inserting “and small business special registration plates, and making appropriations”
- By renumbering as necessary.