Bill Text: IA HF2579 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to personalized fire fighter and emergency medical services special registration plates, and providing fees. (Formerly HF 2142.) Effective date: 07/01/2024.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2024-04-19 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 927. [HF2579 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2579-Enrolled.html
House
File
2579
-
Enrolled
House
File
2579
AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
PERSONALIZED
FIRE
FIGHTER
AND
EMERGENCY
MEDICAL
SERVICES
SPECIAL
REGISTRATION
PLATES,
AND
PROVIDING
FEES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
321.34,
subsection
10,
paragraphs
a,
b,
and
d,
Code
2024,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
a.
An
owner
referred
to
in
subsection
12
who
Upon
application
and
payment
of
the
proper
fees,
the
director
may
issue
fire
fighter
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
if
the
owner
is
a
current
or
retired
member
of
a
paid
or
volunteer
fire
department
may,
upon
written
application
to
the
department,
order
.
The
special
registration
plates,
designed
by
the
department
in
cooperation
with
representatives
designated
by
the
Iowa
fire
fighters’
associations,
which
signify
that
the
applicant
is
a
current
or
retired
member
of
a
paid
or
volunteer
fire
department.
b.
The
application
shall
be
approved
by
the
department
in
consultation
with
representatives
designated
by
the
Iowa
fire
fighters’
associations,
and
the
special
registration
plates
shall
be
issued
to
the
applicant
in
exchange
for
the
registration
plates
previously
issued
to
the
person.
An
applicant
who
is
the
owner
of
a
business-trade
truck
or
special
truck
shall
not
be
issued
special
fire
fighter
registration
House
File
2579,
p.
2
plates
for
more
than
one
vehicle.
The
fee
for
the
special
plates
is
twenty-five
dollars
which
shall
be
paid
in
addition
to
the
regular
annual
registration
fee.
An
applicant
may
obtain
personalized
fire
fighter
plates
upon
payment
of
the
additional
fee
for
personalized
plates
as
provided
in
subsection
5
in
addition
to
the
special
fire
fighter
fee
and
the
regular
registration
fee.
Personalized
plates
authorized
by
this
subsection
shall
be
limited
to
no
more
than
five
initials,
letters,
or
combinations
of
numerals
and
letters.
The
department
shall
validate
the
special
plates
in
the
same
manner
as
regular
registration
plates
are
validated
under
this
section
at
the
regular
annual
registration
fee.
d.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection
,
a
person
is
considered
to
be
retired
if
the
person
is
recognized
by
the
chief
of
the
fire
department
where
the
individual
served,
and
on
record,
as
officially
retired
from
the
fire
department.
Special
fire
fighter
registration
plates
with
a
fire
fighter
emblem
shall
be
surrendered
,
as
provided
in
subsection
12
,
in
exchange
for
regular
registration
plates
upon
termination
of
the
motor
vehicle
owner’s
membership
in
the
paid
or
volunteer
fire
department,
unless
the
person
is
a
retired
member
in
good
standing.
Sec.
2.
Section
321.34,
subsection
10A,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
10A.
Emergency
medical
services
plates.
a.
The
owner
of
a
motor
vehicle
referred
to
in
subsection
12
who
is
a
current
member
of
a
paid
or
volunteer
emergency
medical
services
agency
may,
upon
written
application
to
the
department,
order
special
registration
plates
with
an
emergency
medical
services
distinguishing
processed
emblem
,
designed
by
the
department
in
cooperation
with
representatives
designated
by
the
Iowa
emergency
medical
services
association,
which
plates
signify
emblem
signifies
that
the
applicant
is
a
current
member
of
a
paid
or
volunteer
emergency
medical
services
agency.
The
application
shall
be
approved
by
the
department,
in
consultation
with
representatives
designated
by
the
Iowa
emergency
medical
services
association
,
and
the
special
registration
plates
shall
be
issued
to
the
applicant
in
exchange
for
the
registration
plates
previously
issued
to
the
House
File
2579,
p.
3
person.
The
fee
for
the
special
plates
is
twenty-five
dollars
which
is
in
addition
to
the
regular
annual
registration
fee.
The
department
shall
validate
the
special
plates
in
the
same
manner
as
regular
registration
plates
are
validated
under
this
section
at
the
regular
annual
registration
fee
.
b.
The
special
plate
fees
collected
by
the
director
under
this
subsection
subsection
12,
paragraph
“a”
,
from
the
annual
validation
of
letter-number
designated
emergency
medical
services
plates,
and
subsection
12,
paragraph
“c”
,
from
the
issuance
and
annual
validation
of
personalized
emergency
medical
services
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
emergency
medical
services
fund
created
in
section
135.25
the
amount
of
the
special
fees
collected
in
the
previous
month
for
issuance
of
emergency
medical
services
plates.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2579,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2024
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
