HF 2098 (LSB 5447YH (6) 86)

HOUSE FILE 2098

BY  SHEETS, FISHER, GASSMAN, SALMON, MAXWELL, KLEIN, B. MOORE, PAULSEN, and DOLECHECK

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to registration requirements for certain all-terrain and off-road utility vehicles used primarily as farm implements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321I.9, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   321I.9  Exempt vehicles.
   Registration shall not be required for the following described all-terrain vehicles:
   1.  All-terrain vehicles owned by the United States, this state, or another state, or by a governmental subdivision thereof, and used for enforcement, search and rescue, or official research and studies, but not for recreational or commercial purposes.
   2.  All-terrain vehicles used in accordance with section 321.234A, subsection 1, paragraph “a”.
   3.  All-terrain vehicles and off-road utility vehicles used exclusively primarily as farm implements.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that registration with the department of natural resources is not required for all-terrain and off-road utility vehicles that are used primarily as farm implements.