Amendment S-5014 to HF 779
Relating to persons eligible for special registration plates with a veteran processed emblem
Never voted onStrike everything: replaces the whole bill
Filed February 17, 2026 in the Senate by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment replaces the entire bill and changes the focus to how National Guard members handle their special license plates when they leave service. It removes the part about reserve forces and instead states that members must return their special plates when they leave the active National Guard, unless they were discharged under honorable conditions.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: “Section
- Section 321.34, subsection 16, paragraph a, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: a. An owner referred to in subsection 12 who is a member of the national guard, as defined in chapter 29A , may, upon written application to the department, order special registration plates with a national guard processed emblem with the emblem designed by the department in cooperation with the adjutant general which emblem signifies that the applicant is a member of the national guard. The application shall be approved by the department in consultation with the adjutant general. The special plate fees collected by the director under subsection 12 , paragraph “a” , from the annual validation of letter-number designated national guard plates, and subsection 12 , paragraph “c” , from the issuance and annual validation of personalized national guard plates 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 veterans license fee fund created in section 35A.11 the amount of the special fees collected under subsection 12 , paragraph “a” , in the previous month for national guard plates. Special registration plates with a national guard processed emblem shall be surrendered, as provided in subsection 12 , in exchange for regular registration plates upon termination of the owner’s membership in the active national guard. (1) Except as provided in subparagraph (2), a person shall surrender special registration plates with a national guard processed emblem, as provided in subsection 12, in exchange for regular registration plates upon termination of the person’s membership in the active national guard. (2) A person who was discharged under honorable conditions is not required to surrender and exchange special registration plates with a national guard processed emblem issued to the person.”
- Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and inserting “An Act relating to the requirement for members of the national guard to return national guard special registration plates upon termination of membership in the active national guard.”