Senate File 127 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  ALLEN and SINCLAIR

                                 (COMPANION TO LSB
                                     1917HH BY WORTHaN)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act increasing the amount of the fees retained by a county
  2    treasurer for the issuance or renewal of driver's licenses.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    TLSB 1917SS (5) 86
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321M.9, subsection 1, Code 2015, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  Fees to counties.  Notwithstanding any other provision
  1  4 in the Code to the contrary, the county treasurer of a county
  1  5 authorized to issue driver's licenses under this chapter
  1  6 shall retain for deposit in the county general fund seven
  1  7  ten dollars of fees received for each issuance or renewal of
  1  8 driver's licenses and nonoperator's identification cards, but
  1  9 shall not retain any moneys for the issuance of any persons
  1 10 with disabilities identification devices. The five dollar
  1 11 processing fee charged by a county treasurer for collection of
  1 12 a civil penalty under section 321.218A, 321A.32A, or 321J.17
  1 13 shall be retained for deposit in the county general fund. The
  1 14 county treasurer shall remit the balance of fees and all civil
  1 15 penalties to the department.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 18 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 19    Current law provides that a county treasurer shall retain $7
  1 20 of the fees received for each issuance or renewal of a driver's
  1 21 license or a nonoperator's identification card. The bill
  1 22 increases the amount retained by the county to $10.
       LSB 1917SS (5) 86
       ns/nh