House File 292 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 292 BY RINKER A BILL FOR An Act relating to persons eligible for special registration 1 plates with a veteran processed emblem. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1967YH (5) 91 th/ns
H.F. 292 Section 1. Section 321.34, subsection 27, paragraph a, Code 1 2025, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. An owner referred to in subsection 12 who served in the 3 armed forces or reserve forces of the United States or the Iowa 4 national guard, regardless of the number of years of service, 5 and was discharged under honorable conditions may, upon 6 written application to the department and upon presentation 7 of satisfactory proof of military service and discharge under 8 honorable conditions, order special registration plates bearing 9 a distinguishing processed emblem depicting the word veteran 10 below an image of the American flag. The application is 11 subject to approval by the department. The special plate fees 12 collected by the director under subsection 12 , paragraph a , 13 from the annual validation of letter-number designated United 14 States veteran plates, and subsection 12 , paragraph c , from 15 the issuance and annual validation of personalized United 16 States veteran plates, shall be paid monthly to the treasurer 17 of state and deposited in the road use tax fund. The treasurer 18 of state shall transfer monthly from the statutory allocations 19 fund created under section 321.145, subsection 2 , to the 20 veterans license fee fund created in section 35A.11 the amount 21 of the special fees collected under subsection 12 , paragraph 22 a , in the previous month for United States veteran plates. 23 EXPLANATION 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 25 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 26 Under current law, the department of transportation (DOT) 27 is authorized to issue special registration plates with a 28 distinguishing processed emblem depicting the word veteran 29 below an image of the American flag to a motor vehicle owner 30 who served in the armed forces of the United States and was 31 discharged under honorable conditions. Pursuant to rules 32 adopted by the DOT (761 IAC 401.31), an application for special 33 plates with a veteran processed emblem must be submitted to 34 the commission of veterans affairs on a form prescribed by the 35 -1- LSB 1967YH (5) 91 th/ns 1/ 2
H.F. 292 DOT. The commission of veterans affairs must determine whether 1 the applicant is a veteran and, if so, certify this fact on the 2 application form. 3 This bill makes persons who served in the reserve forces of 4 the United States or the Iowa national guard, regardless of 5 the number of years of service, and who were discharged under 6 honorable conditions eligible to receive special registration 7 plates with a veteran processed emblem. 8 Under current law, veteran, when used in Code chapter 9 35 (veterans affairs), and in numerous other provisions by 10 reference, includes former members of the reserve forces of the 11 United States or the Iowa national guard who served at least 12 20 years and who were discharged under honorable conditions; 13 members of the reserve forces of the United States or the 14 Iowa national guard who were activated for federal duty, 15 other than training, for a minimum aggregate of 90 days, and 16 were discharged under honorable conditions or were retired in 17 accordance with federal law; and members of the reserve forces 18 of the United States or the Iowa national guard who have served 19 at least 20 years and who continue to serve. 20 -2- LSB 1967YH (5) 91 th/ns 2/ 2