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House Study Bill 684

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.24, unnumbered paragraph 9, Code
  1  2 Supplement 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    A vehicle shall be registered for the registration year.  A
  1  4 vehicle registered for the first time in this state shall be
  1  5 registered for the remaining unexpired months of the
  1  6 registration year and pay a registration fee prorated for the
  1  7 remaining unexpired months of the registration year.  A
  1  8 vehicle registered for the first time during the eleventh
  1  9 month of the owner's registration year may be registered for
  1 10 the remaining unexpired months of the registration year as
  1 11 provided in this paragraph or for the remaining unexpired
  1 12 months of the registration year and for the next registration
  1 13 year, upon payment of the applicable registration fees.
  1 14    Sec. 2.  Section 321.40, unnumbered paragraphs 1 and 2,
  1 15 Code 1999, are amended to read as follows:
  1 16    Application for renewal of a vehicle registration shall be
  1 17 made on or after the first day of the month prior to the month
  1 18 of expiration of registration and up to and including the last
  1 19 day of the month following the month of expiration of
  1 20 registration.  The registration shall be renewed upon payment
  1 21 of the appropriate registration fee.
  1 22    On or before the fifteenth day of the eleventh month of
  1 23 expiration of a vehicle's registration year the county
  1 24 treasurer shall send a statement by mail of fees due to the
  1 25 appropriate owner of record.  The statement shall be mailed to
  1 26 the most current address of record, showing information
  1 27 sufficient to identify the vehicle and a listing of the
  1 28 various fees as appropriate.  Failure to receive a statement
  1 29 shall have no effect upon the accrual of penalty at the
  1 30 appropriate date.
  1 31    Sec. 3.  Section 321.106, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  1 32 follows:
  1 33    321.106  REGISTRATION FOR FRACTIONAL PART OF YEAR.
  1 34    1.  When a vehicle is registered under chapter 326 or a
  1 35 motor truck, truck tractor, or road tractor is registered for
  2  1 a combined gross weight exceeding five tons and there is no
  2  2 delinquency and the registration is made in February or
  2  3 succeeding months through November October, the registration
  2  4 fee shall be prorated for the remaining unexpired months of
  2  5 the registration year.  When such a vehicle is registered in
  2  6 November, the vehicle may be registered for the remaining
  2  7 unexpired months of the registration year or for the remaining
  2  8 unexpired months of the registration year and for the next
  2  9 registration year, upon payment of the applicable registration
  2 10 fees.  A fee shall not be required for the month of December
  2 11 for a vehicle registered on a calendar year basis on which
  2 12 there is no delinquency.
  2 13    2.  When a vehicle is registered on a birth month basis and
  2 14 there is no delinquency and the registration is made in the
  2 15 month after the beginning of the registration year or
  2 16 succeeding months through the tenth month of the registration
  2 17 year the registration fee shall be prorated for the remaining
  2 18 unexpired months of the registration year.  When a vehicle
  2 19 registered on a birth month basis is registered during the
  2 20 eleventh month of the registration year, the vehicle may be
  2 21 registered for the remaining unexpired months of the
  2 22 registration year or for the remaining unexpired months of the
  2 23 registration year and for the next registration year, upon
  2 24 payment of the applicable registration fees.  A fee shall not
  2 25 be required for the month of the owner's birthday for a
  2 26 vehicle on which there is no delinquency.
  2 27    3.  If a fee computed under this section contains a
  2 28 fractional part of a dollar, the fee shall be computed to the
  2 29 nearest whole dollar.  A fee computed under this section shall
  2 30 not be less than five dollars.  The fee so computed shall be
  2 31 deemed to be the annual registration fee for the remainder of
  2 32 the registration year.
  2 33    4.  A reduction in the registration fee shall not be
  2 34 allowed by the department until the applicant files
  2 35 satisfactory evidence to prove that there is no delinquency in
  3  1 registration.
  3  2    Sec. 4.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act takes effect January 1,
  3  3 2001.  
  3  4                           EXPLANATION
  3  5    This bill amends several Code provisions relating to the
  3  6 registration of vehicles to allow a three-month period for
  3  7 renewal of a vehicle registration and to allow persons
  3  8 registering a vehicle for the first time in the eleventh month
  3  9 of what will be the person's registration year to register the
  3 10 vehicle for the remaining eleventh and twelfth months of what
  3 11 will be the person's registration year or for that eleventh
  3 12 and twelfth months and for the following registration year,
  3 13 upon payment of the applicable prorated registration fee and
  3 14 full-year registration fee.
  3 15    The bill takes effect January 1, 2001.  
  3 16 LSB 5983YC 78
  3 17 nh/cf/24

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