Bill Text: IA HSB544 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study bill relating to motor vehicle registration fees for disabled veterans.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-09 - Voted - Veterans Affairs. [HSB544 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HSB544-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
544
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
VETERANS
AFFAIRS
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
STANERSON)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
motor
vehicle
registration
fees
for
disabled
1
veterans.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
Section
321.105,
subsection
5,
Code
2016,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
5.
a.
Seriously
disabled
veterans
who
have
been
provided
3
with
an
automobile
or
other
vehicle
by
the
United
States
4
government
under
the
provisions
of
§1901
–
1903,
Tit.
38
of
5
the
United
States
Code,
38
U.S.C.
§1901
et
seq.
(1970)
§3901
6
–
§3904
,
shall
be
exempt
from
payment
of
the
registration
fee
7
fees
provided
in
this
chapter
for
that
vehicle,
and
shall
be
8
provided,
without
fee,
with
one
set
of
regular
registration
9
plates
or
one
set
of
any
type
of
special
registration
plates
10
associated
with
service
in
the
United
States
armed
forces
for
11
which
the
disabled
veteran
qualifies
under
section
321.34
.
The
12
disabled
veteran,
to
be
able
to
claim
the
benefit,
must
be
a
13
resident
of
the
state
of
Iowa.
In
lieu
of
the
set
of
regular
14
or
special
military
registration
plates
available
without
fee,
15
the
disabled
veteran
may
obtain
a
set
of
nonmilitary
special
16
registration
plates
or
personalized
plates
issued
under
section
17
321.34
by
paying
the
additional
fees
associated
with
those
18
plates.
19
b.
A
disabled
veteran
with
a
service-related
disability
20
rating
of
fifty
percent
or
higher
as
determined
by
the
United
21
States
department
of
veterans
affairs
shall
be
exempt
from
22
payment
of
the
registration
fees
provided
in
this
chapter
for
23
one
vehicle,
and
shall
be
provided,
without
fee,
with
one
24
set
of
regular
registration
plates
or
one
set
of
any
type
of
25
special
registration
plates
associated
with
service
in
the
26
United
States
armed
forces
for
which
the
disabled
veteran
27
qualifies
under
section
321.34.
The
disabled
veteran,
to
be
28
able
to
claim
the
benefit,
must
be
a
resident
of
the
state
29
of
Iowa.
In
lieu
of
the
set
of
regular
or
special
military
30
registration
plates
available
without
fee,
the
disabled
veteran
31
may
obtain
a
set
of
nonmilitary
special
registration
plates
or
32
personalized
plates
issued
under
section
321.34
by
paying
the
33
additional
fees
associated
with
those
plates.
34
Sec.
2.
Section
321L.2,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
35
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subparagraph
(2),
Code
2016,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1
(2)
Persons
with
disabilities
parking
sticker.
An
2
applicant
who
owns
a
motor
vehicle
for
which
the
applicant
3
has
been
issued
registration
plates
under
section
321.34
or
4
registration
plates
as
a
seriously
disabled
veteran
under
5
section
321.105
may
apply
to
the
department
for
a
persons
with
6
disabilities
parking
sticker
to
be
affixed
to
the
plates.
The
7
persons
with
disabilities
parking
stickers
shall
bear
the
8
international
symbol
of
accessibility.
9
Sec.
3.
Section
321L.2,
subsection
5,
Code
2016,
is
amended
10
to
read
as
follows:
11
5.
A
seriously
disabled
veteran
who
has
been
provided
with
12
an
automobile
or
other
vehicle
by
the
United
States
government
13
under
the
provisions
of
38
U.S.C.
§1901
et
seq.
(1970)
§3901
–
14
§3904,
or
a
disabled
veteran
with
a
service-related
disability
15
rating
of
fifty
percent
or
higher
as
determined
by
the
United
16
States
department
of
veterans
affairs
is
not
required
to
apply
17
for
a
persons
with
disabilities
parking
permit
under
this
18
section
unless
the
veteran
has
been
issued
special
registration
19
plates
or
personalized
plates
for
the
vehicle.
The
regular
20
registration
plates
issued
for
the
disabled
veteran’s
vehicle
21
without
fee
pursuant
to
section
321.105
entitle
the
disabled
22
veteran
to
all
of
the
rights
and
privileges
associated
with
23
persons
with
disabilities
parking
permits
under
this
chapter
.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
Current
law
exempts
seriously
disabled
veterans
who
have
28
been
provided
with
an
automobile
or
other
vehicle
by
the
United
29
States
government
from
paying
motor
vehicle
registration
fees
30
or
applying
for
a
persons
with
disabilities
parking
permit.
31
This
bill
broadens
these
exemptions
to
include
disabled
32
veterans
with
a
service-related
disability
rating
of
50
percent
33
or
higher
as
determined
by
the
United
States
department
of
34
veterans
affairs.
35
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The
bill
provides
such
disabled
veterans
with
one
free
set
1
of
regular
registration
plates
or
one
free
set
of
any
type
of
2
special
registration
plates
associated
with
service
in
the
3
United
States
armed
forces
for
which
the
disabled
veteran
4
qualifies
under
Code
section
321.34.
The
bill
requires
the
5
disabled
veteran
to
be
a
resident
of
the
state
of
Iowa.
In
lieu
6
of
the
set
of
regular
or
special
military
registration
plates
7
available
without
fee,
the
disabled
veteran
may
obtain
a
set
of
8
nonmilitary
special
registration
plates
or
personalized
plates
9
by
paying
the
additional
fees
associated
with
those
plates.
10
The
bill
also
updates
the
reference
to
title
38
of
the
11
United
States
Code
relating
to
automobiles
provided
to
disabled
12
veterans
by
the
federal
government.
13
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