Text: HF02479 Text: HF02481 Text: HF02400 - HF02499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 2480 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION PERIODS AND PROVIDING 1 5 AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 1 6 1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 8 1 9 Section 1. Section 321.24, unnumbered paragraph 9, Code 1 10 Supplement 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 11 A vehicle shall be registered for the registration year. A 1 12 vehicle registered for the first time in this state shall be 1 13 registered for the remaining unexpired months of the 1 14 registration year and pay a registration fee prorated for the 1 15 remaining unexpired months of the registration year. Except 1 16 for a vehicle registered under chapter 326, a vehicle 1 17 registered for the first time during the eleventh month of the 1 18 owner's registration year may be registered for the remaining 1 19 unexpired months of the registration year as provided in this 1 20 paragraph or for the remaining unexpired months of the 1 21 registration year and for the next registration year, upon 1 22 payment of the applicable registration fees. 1 23 Sec. 2. Section 321.40, unnumbered paragraphs 1 and 2, 1 24 Code 1999, are amended to read as follows: 1 25 Application for renewal of a vehicle registration shall be 1 26 made on or after the first day of the month prior to the month 1 27 of expiration of registration and up to and including the last 1 28 day of the month following the month of expiration of 1 29 registration. The registration shall be renewed upon payment 1 30 of the appropriate registration fee. Application for renewal 1 31 for a vehicle registered under chapter 326 shall be made on or 1 32 after the first day of the month of expiration of registration 1 33 and up to and including the last day of the month following 1 34 the month of expiration of registration. 1 35 On or before the fifteenth day of the eleventh monthof2 1expirationof a vehicle's registration year the county 2 2 treasurer shall send a statement by mail of fees due to the 2 3 appropriate owner of record. The statement shall be mailed to 2 4 the most current address of record, showing information 2 5 sufficient to identify the vehicle and a listing of the 2 6 various fees as appropriate. Failure to receive a statement 2 7 shall have no effect upon the accrual of penalty at the 2 8 appropriate date. 2 9 Sec. 3. Section 321.106, Code 1999, is amended to read as 2 10 follows: 2 11 321.106 REGISTRATION FOR FRACTIONAL PART OF YEAR. 2 12 1. When a vehicle is registered under chapter 326 or a 2 13 motor truck, truck tractor, or road tractor is registered for 2 14 a combined gross weight exceeding five tons and there is no 2 15 delinquency and the registration is made in February or 2 16 succeeding months through November, the registration fee shall 2 17 be prorated for the remaining unexpired months of the 2 18 registration year. A fee shall not be required for the month 2 19 of December for a vehicle registered on a calendar year basis 2 20 on which there is no delinquency. However, except for a 2 21 vehicle registered under chapter 326, when such a vehicle is 2 22 registered in November, the vehicle may be registered for the 2 23 remaining unexpired months of the registration year or for the 2 24 remaining unexpired months of the registration year and for 2 25 the next registration year, upon payment of the applicable 2 26 registration fees. 2 27 2. When a vehicle is registered on a birth month basis and 2 28 there is no delinquency and the registration is made in the 2 29 month after the beginning of the registration year or 2 30 succeeding months the registration fee shall be prorated for 2 31 the remaining unexpired months of the registration year. A 2 32 fee shall not be required for the month of the owner's 2 33 birthday for a vehicle on which there is no delinquency. 2 34 However, when a vehicle registered on a birth month basis is 2 35 registered during the eleventh month of the registration year, 3 1 the vehicle may be registered for the remaining unexpired 3 2 months of the registration year or for the remaining unexpired 3 3 months of the registration year and for the next registration 3 4 year, upon payment of the applicable registration fees. 3 5 3. If a fee computed under this section contains a 3 6 fractional part of a dollar, the fee shall be computed to the 3 7 nearest whole dollar. A fee computed under this section shall 3 8 not be less than five dollars. The fee so computed shall be 3 9 deemed to be the annual registration fee for the remainder of 3 10 the registration year. 3 11 4. A reduction in the registration fee shall not be 3 12 allowed by the department until the applicant files 3 13 satisfactory evidence to prove that there is no delinquency in 3 14 registration. 3 15 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect July 1, 3 16 2001. 3 17 3 18 3 19 3 20 BRENT SIEGRIST 3 21 Speaker of the House 3 22 3 23 3 24 3 25 MARY E. KRAMER 3 26 President of the Senate 3 27 3 28 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 3 29 is known as House File 2480, Seventy-eighth General Assembly. 3 30 3 31 3 32 3 33 ELIZABETH ISAACSON 3 34 Chief Clerk of the House 3 35 Approved , 2000 4 1 4 2 4 3 4 4 THOMAS J. VILSACK 4 5 Governor
Text: HF02479 Text: HF02481 Text: HF02400 - HF02499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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