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Iowa Code (Last Updated: December 05, 2016) |
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Title VIII. TRANSPORTATION |
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Chapter 321M. COUNTY ISSUANCE OF DRIVER’S LICENSES |
Section 321M.9. Financial responsibility.
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1. Fees to counties. 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 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. The five dollar processing fee charged by a county treasurer for collection of a civil penalty under section 321.218A, 321A.32A, or 321J.17 shall be retained for deposit in the county general fund. The county treasurer shall remit the balance of fees and all civil penalties to the department.
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.