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Iowa Code Title VIII. Transportation [Chs. 306-330B] § 321M.9. Financial responsibility

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

<[Text subject to final changes by the Iowa Code Editor for Code 2024.]>

1. Fees to counties.

a. Notwithstanding any other provision in the Code to the contrary, the county treasurer of a county authorized to issue driver's licenses under this chapter shall retain for deposit in the county general fund all of the following:

(1) Seven dollars of fees received for each issuance or renewal of driver's licenses and nonoperator's identification cards, but shall not retain any moneys for the issuance of any persons with disabilities identification devices.

(2) Twenty-five dollars of fees collected for each part of a commercial driver's license driving skills test pursuant to section 321M.6A.

(3) The five dollar processing fee charged by a county treasurer for collection of a civil penalty under section 321J.17.

(4) The ten-dollar convenience fee collected pursuant to subsection 1A.

b. The county treasurer shall remit the balance of fees and all civil penalties to the department.

1A. Convenience fee. A county authorized to issue driver's licenses under this chapter may charge, in addition to any other fee imposed by law, a convenience fee for the issuance or renewal of a driver's license or nonoperator's identification card to a person who is not a resident of the county, unless that person pays property tax to the county and provides proof of payment such as a receipt as provided in section 445.5, subsection 6, or another form of proof as determined by the county. The convenience fee shall be ten dollars.

2. Digitized photolicensing equipment.

a. The department shall pay for all digitized photolicensing equipment, including that used by the department and authorized for use by issuing counties under this subsection. Moneys from the road use tax fund shall be used, subject to appropriation by the general assembly, for payment of costs associated with the purchase or lease of digitized photolicensing equipment.

b. An issuing county shall be entitled to one set of digitized photolicensing equipment, unless the county was served at multiple sites by the department, in which case the county shall be entitled to two sets of digitized photolicensing equipment.

3. Other equipment.The department shall pay for all other equipment needed by a county to participate in county issuance, comparable to the equipment provided for issuance activities by a department itinerant team, with the exception of the following:

a. Office furniture.

b. Computer hardware needed to access department computer databases, facsimile machines used to transmit documents between the department and the county, and similar office equipment of a general nature that is not dedicated solely or primarily to the issuance process.

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