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HF433 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to national wild turkey federation special registration plates, providing fees, and making appropriations.(See HF 797 , HF 2747 .)

A bill for an act relating to national wild turkey federation special registration plates, providing fees, and making appropriations.(See HF 797 , HF 2747 .)

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
NORDMAN
Last action
2025-03-05
Official status
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 797 .
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to national wild turkey federation special registration plates, providing fees, and making appropriations.(See HF 797 , HF 2747 .)

A bill for an act relating to national wild turkey federation special registration plates, providing fees, and making appropriations.(See HF 797 , HF 2747 .)

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to national wild turkey federation special registration plates, providing fees, and making appropriations.(See HF 797 , HF 2747 .)

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-05 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 797 .

  2. 2025-03-04 Iowa Legislature

    Committee vote: Yeas, 21. Nays, 0. H.J. 508 .

  3. 2025-03-04 Iowa Legislature

    Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 508 .

  4. 2025-03-04 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  5. 2025-03-03 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 03/04/2025 7:45AM House Lounge 2.

  6. 2025-02-25 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Wengryn, Barker and Judge. H.J. 427 .

  7. 2025-02-17 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Natural Resources. H.J. 337 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to national wild turkey federation special registration plates, providing fees, and making appropriations.(See HF 797 , HF 2747 .)

Current Bill Text

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House

File

433

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

433

BY

NORDMAN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

national

wild

turkey

federation

special

1

registration

plates,

providing

fees,

and

making

2

appropriations.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

321.34,

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsection:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

11E.

National

wild

turkey

federation

plates.

3

a.

Upon

application

and

payment

of

the

proper

fees,

the

4

director

may

issue

national

wild

turkey

federation

plates

to

5

the

owner

of

a

motor

vehicle

subject

to

registration

under

6

section

321.109,

subsection

1,

autocycle,

motor

truck,

motor

7

home,

multipurpose

vehicle,

motorcycle,

trailer,

or

travel

8

trailer.

9

b.

National

wild

turkey

federation

plates

shall

be

designed

10

by

the

department

in

cooperation

with

the

Iowa

chapter

of

the

11

national

wild

turkey

federation.

12

c.

The

special

national

wild

turkey

federation

fee

for

13

letter-number

designated

national

wild

turkey

federation

plates

14

is

twenty-five

dollars.

An

applicant

may

obtain

personalized

15

national

wild

turkey

federation

plates

upon

payment

of

the

fee

16

for

personalized

plates

as

provided

in

subsection

5,

which

is

17

in

addition

to

the

special

national

wild

turkey

federation

fee.

18

d.

The

fees

collected

by

the

director

under

this

subsection

19

shall

be

paid

monthly

to

the

treasurer

of

state

and

deposited

20

in

the

road

use

tax

fund.

The

treasurer

of

state

shall

21

transfer

monthly

from

the

statutory

allocations

fund

created

22

under

section

321.145,

subsection

2,

to

the

general

fund

of

the

23

state

the

amount

of

the

special

fees

collected

in

the

previous

24

month

for

national

wild

turkey

federation

plates.

Such

25

moneys

are

appropriated

to

the

department

of

natural

resources

26

to

distribute

in

the

form

of

grants

to

support

wild

turkey

27

habitat

conservation

and

hunting

in

Iowa.

In

the

awarding

of

28

grants,

the

department

of

natural

resources

shall

give

first

29

consideration

to

any

state

chapter

of

a

nonprofit

organization

30

supporting

wild

turkey

habitat

conservation

and

improvement,

31

and

efforts

to

increase

the

number

of

hunters

in

this

state,

32

and

similar

nonprofit

organizations.

Notwithstanding

section

33

8.33,

moneys

appropriated

under

this

subsection

shall

not

34

revert.

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e.

Upon

receipt

of

the

special

registration

plates,

the

1

applicant

shall

surrender

the

current

registration

plates

to

2

the

county

treasurer.

The

county

treasurer

shall

validate

3

the

special

registration

plates

in

the

same

manner

as

regular

4

registration

plates

are

validated

under

this

section.

The

5

annual

special

national

wild

turkey

federation

fee

for

6

letter-number

designated

plates

is

ten

dollars

which

shall

be

7

paid

in

addition

to

the

regular

annual

registration

fee.

The

8

annual

fee

for

personalized

national

wild

turkey

federation

9

plates

is

ten

dollars

which

shall

be

paid

in

addition

to

the

10

annual

special

national

wild

turkey

federation

fee

and

the

11

regular

annual

registration

fee.

The

annual

special

national

12

wild

turkey

federation

fee

shall

be

credited

as

provided

under

13

paragraph

“d”

.

14

f.

The

department

shall

not

condition

the

issuance

of

15

national

wild

turkey

federation

plates

on

the

receipt

of

any

16

number

of

orders

for

national

wild

turkey

federation

plates.

17

EXPLANATION

18

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

19

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

20

This

bill

authorizes

the

department

of

transportation

(DOT)

21

to

design

and

issue

national

wild

turkey

federation

(NWTF)

22

special

registration

plates.

The

NWTF

is

a

national

nonprofit

23

organization

dedicated

to

the

conservation

of

the

wild

turkey

24

and

the

preservation

of

wild

turkey

hunters’

hunting

heritage.

25

The

bill

provides

that

the

special

NWTF

fee

for

26

letter-number

designated

NWTF

plates

is

$25.

An

applicant

may

27

obtain

personalized

NWTF

plates

by

paying

an

additional

$25

28

fee

for

personalized

registration

plates

as

provided

in

Code

29

section

321.34(5),

which

is

in

addition

to

the

special

NWTF

30

fee.

The

annual

special

NWTF

fee

for

letter-number

designated

31

plates

is

$10,

which

is

in

addition

to

the

regular

annual

32

registration

fee.

Similarly,

the

annual

fee

for

personalized

33

NWTF

plates

is

$10,

which

is

in

addition

to

both

the

annual

34

special

NWTF

fee

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

NWTF

plates.

Such

moneys

are

appropriated

to

the

6

department

of

natural

resources

(DNR)

to

distribute

in

the

7

form

of

grants

to

support

wild

turkey

habitat

conservation

and

8

hunting

in

Iowa.

In

awarding

the

grants,

DNR

must

give

first

9

consideration

to

any

state

chapter

of

a

nonprofit

organization

10

supporting

wild

turkey

habitat

conservation

and

improvement,

11

and

efforts

to

increase

the

number

of

hunters

in

Iowa,

and

12

similar

nonprofit

organizations.

13

The

bill

prohibits

the

DOT

from

conditioning

the

issuance

14

of

NWTF

plates

on

the

receipt

of

any

number

of

orders

for

NWTF

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.

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