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2374
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2374
BY
RINKER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
Iowa’s
delta
waterfowl
special
registration
1
plates,
providing
fees,
and
making
appropriations.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
321.34,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
11E.
Iowa’s
delta
waterfowl
plates.
3
a.
Upon
application
and
payment
of
the
proper
fees,
the
4
director
may
issue
Iowa’s
delta
waterfowl
plates
to
the
owner
5
of
a
motor
vehicle
subject
to
registration
under
section
6
321.109,
subsection
1,
autocycle,
motor
truck,
motor
home,
7
multipurpose
vehicle,
motorcycle,
trailer,
or
travel
trailer.
8
b.
Iowa’s
delta
waterfowl
plates
shall
be
designed
by
the
9
department
in
cooperation
with
the
Iowa
chapters
of
the
delta
10
waterfowl
organization.
11
c.
The
special
Iowa’s
delta
waterfowl
fee
for
letter-number
12
designated
Iowa’s
delta
waterfowl
plates
is
twenty-five
13
dollars.
An
applicant
may
obtain
personalized
Iowa’s
delta
14
waterfowl
plates
upon
payment
of
the
fee
for
personalized
15
plates
as
provided
in
subsection
5,
which
is
in
addition
to
the
16
special
Iowa’s
delta
waterfowl
fee.
17
d.
The
fees
collected
by
the
director
under
this
subsection
18
shall
be
paid
monthly
to
the
treasurer
of
state
and
deposited
19
in
the
road
use
tax
fund.
The
treasurer
of
state
shall
20
transfer
monthly
from
the
statutory
allocations
fund
created
21
under
section
321.145,
subsection
2,
to
the
general
fund
of
22
the
state
the
amount
of
the
special
fees
collected
in
the
23
previous
month
for
Iowa’s
delta
waterfowl
plates.
Such
moneys
24
are
appropriated
to
the
department
of
natural
resources
to
25
distribute
in
the
form
of
grants
to
support
delta
waterfowl
26
habitat
conservation
and
hunting
in
Iowa.
In
the
awarding
27
of
grants,
the
department
of
natural
resources
shall
give
28
first
consideration
to
any
state
chapter
of
a
nonprofit
29
organization
supporting
delta
waterfowl
habitat
conservation
30
and
improvement,
and
efforts
to
increase
the
number
of
31
hunters
in
this
state,
and
similar
nonprofit
organizations.
32
Notwithstanding
section
8.33,
moneys
appropriated
under
this
33
subsection
shall
not
revert.
34
e.
Upon
receipt
of
the
special
registration
plates,
the
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applicant
shall
surrender
the
current
registration
plates
to
1
the
county
treasurer.
The
county
treasurer
shall
validate
2
the
special
registration
plates
in
the
same
manner
as
regular
3
registration
plates
are
validated
under
this
section.
The
4
annual
special
Iowa’s
delta
waterfowl
fee
for
letter-number
5
designated
plates
is
ten
dollars
which
shall
be
paid
in
6
addition
to
the
regular
annual
registration
fee.
The
annual
7
fee
for
personalized
Iowa’s
delta
waterfowl
plates
is
ten
8
dollars
which
shall
be
paid
in
addition
to
the
annual
special
9
Iowa’s
delta
waterfowl
fee
and
the
regular
annual
registration
10
fee.
The
annual
special
Iowa’s
delta
waterfowl
fee
shall
be
11
credited
as
provided
under
paragraph
“d”
.
12
f.
The
department
shall
not
condition
the
issuance
of
Iowa’s
13
delta
waterfowl
plates
on
the
receipt
of
any
number
of
orders
14
for
Iowa’s
delta
waterfowl
plates.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
authorizes
the
department
of
transportation
(DOT)
19
to
design
and
issue
Iowa’s
delta
waterfowl
(IDW)
special
20
registration
plates.
The
design
must
be
in
cooperation
with
21
the
Iowa
chapters
of
the
delta
waterfowl
organization.
Delta
22
waterfowl
is
a
national
nonprofit
organization
dedicated
to
the
23
conservation
of
delta
waterfowl
and
the
preservation
of
delta
24
waterfowl
hunters’
hunting
heritage.
25
The
bill
provides
that
the
special
IDW
fee
for
letter-number
26
designated
IDW
plates
is
$25.
An
applicant
may
obtain
27
personalized
IDW
plates
by
paying
an
additional
$25
fee
for
28
personalized
registration
plates
as
provided
in
Code
section
29
321.34(5),
which
is
in
addition
to
the
special
IDW
fee.
The
30
annual
special
IDW
fee
for
letter-number
designated
plates
is
31
$10,
which
is
in
addition
to
the
regular
annual
registration
32
fee.
Similarly,
the
annual
fee
for
personalized
IDW
plates
is
33
$10,
which
is
in
addition
to
both
the
annual
special
IDW
fee
34
and
the
regular
annual
registration
fee.
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The
fees
collected
by
the
DOT
must
be
paid
monthly
to
the
1
treasurer
of
state
and
deposited
in
the
road
use
tax
fund.
The
2
treasurer
of
state
must
transfer
monthly
from
the
statutory
3
allocations
fund
to
the
general
fund
of
the
state
an
amount
4
equal
to
the
special
fees
collected
in
the
previous
month
5
for
the
IDW
plates.
Such
moneys
are
appropriated
to
the
6
department
of
natural
resources
(DNR)
to
distribute
in
the
7
form
of
grants
to
support
delta
waterfowl
habitat
conservation
8
and
hunting
in
Iowa.
In
awarding
the
grants,
DNR
must
give
9
first
consideration
to
any
state
chapter
of
a
nonprofit
10
organization
supporting
delta
waterfowl
habitat
conservation
11
and
improvement,
and
efforts
to
increase
the
number
of
hunters
12
in
Iowa,
and
similar
nonprofit
organizations.
13
The
bill
prohibits
the
DOT
from
conditioning
the
issuance
14
of
IDW
plates
on
the
receipt
of
any
number
of
orders
for
IDW
15
plates.
16
Under
current
law,
nonprofit
organizations
are
authorized
17
to
apply
to
the
DOT
for
approval
to
issue
a
decal
of
the
18
organization’s
own
design
to
be
displayed
on
special
19
registration
plates
with
space
reserved
for
an
organizational
20
decal.
The
nonprofit
organization
may
charge
a
fee
and
retain
21
any
payment
received
for
the
organizational
decal.
Code
22
section
321.34(13)
sets
forth
the
application
process
and
23
certain
limitations
for
nonprofit
organizations
and
decal
24
designs.
Additionally,
the
DOT
currently
offers
special
ducks
25
unlimited
plates,
upon
application
and
payment
of
the
required
26
fees.
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