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House
File
619
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
619
BY
SEXTON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
air
medal
special
registration
plates,
and
1
providing
fees.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
35A.11,
subsection
2,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0i.
Air
medal
special
plates
issued
pursuant
3
to
section
321.34,
subsection
20D.
4
Sec.
2.
Section
321.34,
Code
2025,
is
amended
by
adding
the
5
following
new
subsection:
6
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
20D.
Air
medal
plates.
7
a.
An
owner
referred
to
in
subsection
12
who
was
awarded
8
an
air
medal
by
the
United
States
government
may,
upon
written
9
application
to
the
department
and
presentation
of
satisfactory
10
proof
of
the
award,
order
special
registration
plates
with
11
an
air
medal
distinguishing
processed
emblem.
The
emblem
12
shall
be
designed
by
the
department
in
consultation
with
the
13
adjutant
general
and
must
include
a
representation
of
the
14
air
medal.
The
special
plate
fees
collected
by
the
director
15
under
subsection
12,
paragraph
“a”
,
from
the
annual
validation
16
of
letter-number
designated
air
medal
plates,
and
subsection
17
12,
paragraph
“c”
,
from
the
issuance
and
annual
validation
of
18
personalized
air
medal
plates
shall
be
paid
monthly
to
the
19
treasurer
of
state
and
deposited
in
the
road
use
tax
fund.
The
20
treasurer
of
state
shall
transfer
monthly
from
the
statutory
21
allocations
fund
created
under
section
321.145,
subsection
2,
22
to
the
veterans
license
fee
fund
created
in
section
35A.11,
23
the
amount
of
the
special
fees
collected
under
subsection
12,
24
paragraph
“a”
,
in
the
previous
month
for
air
medal
plates.
25
b.
Notwithstanding
subsection
12,
paragraph
“a”
,
an
owner
26
who
is
approved
for
special
registration
plates
under
this
27
subsection
shall
be
issued
one
set
of
special
registration
28
plates
with
an
air
medal
distinguishing
processed
emblem
at
no
29
charge.
30
c.
The
surviving
spouse
of
a
person
who
was
issued
special
31
plates
under
this
subsection
may
continue
to
use
or
apply
for
32
and
use
the
special
plates
subject
to
registration
of
the
33
special
plates
in
the
surviving
spouse’s
name
and
upon
payment
34
of
the
annual
five
dollar
special
plate
fee
and
the
regular
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annual
registration
fee
for
the
vehicle.
If
the
surviving
1
spouse
remarries,
the
surviving
spouse
shall
return
the
special
2
plates
to
the
department
and
the
department
shall
issue
regular
3
registration
plates
to
the
surviving
spouse.
4
EXPLANATION
5
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
6
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
7
This
bill
authorizes
the
department
of
transportation
8
(DOT)
to
issue
special
registration
plates
bearing
an
air
9
medal
distinguishing
processed
emblem
designed
by
the
DOT
in
10
consultation
with
the
adjutant
general.
The
processed
emblem
11
must
include
a
representation
of
the
air
medal.
The
air
12
medal
was
established
in
1942
and
is
awarded
for
single
acts
13
of
heroism
or
meritorious
achievement
while
participating
in
14
aerial
flight.
A
person
who
was
awarded
the
air
medal
may
15
apply
to
the
DOT
and
present
satisfactory
proof
of
the
award
to
16
order
the
plates.
17
Under
current
law,
the
fee
for
the
issuance
of
special
18
registration
plates
with
a
processed
emblem
is
$25
which
is
19
in
addition
to
the
regular
annual
registration
fee.
The
bill
20
provides
that
a
person
who
is
approved
for
the
air
medal
plates
21
must
be
issued
one
set
of
plates
at
no
charge.
22
The
bill
requires
the
fees
collected
by
the
DOT
for
the
air
23
medal
plates
to
be
paid
monthly
to
the
treasurer
of
state
and
24
deposited
in
the
road
use
tax
fund.
The
treasurer
of
state
25
must
credit
monthly
from
the
statutory
allocations
fund
to
the
26
veterans
license
fee
fund
the
amount
of
special
fees
for
air
27
medal
plates
collected
in
the
previous
month.
28
The
bill
authorizes
the
surviving
spouse
of
a
person
who
was
29
issued
air
medal
plates
to
continue
to
use
or
apply
for
and
use
30
the
plates
subject
to
certain
conditions.
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