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Write your legislators about HF 496
Relating to motor vehicle insurance, including requiring owners of registered motor vehicles to maintain financial liability coverage, establishing a motor vehicle insurance verification database, authorizing the use of automated registration plate reader systems, and authorizing county enforcement and diversion programs, establishing fees, providing penalties, and including effective date and applicability provisions
Tips that make a message count
- Write to your own legislators. Offices give constituents the most weight.
- Name the bill number and say plainly whether you support or oppose it.
- Add one personal reason: how it affects you, your family, your work or your town.
- Keep it short and polite, and include your address so they know you live in the district.
- Timing matters: before a subcommittee meeting or floor vote is best. Iowa Funnel’s alerts tell you when.