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  1  1                                           SENATE FILE 2330
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF CERTAIN LOW-SPEED VEHICLES
  1  5    AND MAKING A PENALTY APPLICABLE.  
  1  6 
  1  7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1  8 
  1  9    Section 1.  Section 321.1, Code Supplement 1999, is amended
  1 10 by adding the following new subsection after subsection 36 and
  1 11 renumbering subsection 36A:
  1 12    NEW SUBSECTION.  36A.  "Low-speed vehicle" means a motor
  1 13 vehicle manufactured in compliance with the national highway
  1 14 and traffic safety administration standards for low-speed
  1 15 vehicles in 49 C.F.R. } 571.500.  A low-speed vehicle which is
  1 16 in compliance with the equipment requirements in 49 C.F.R. }
  1 17 571.500 shall be deemed to be in compliance with all equipment
  1 18 requirements of this chapter.
  1 19    Sec. 2.  Section 321.20, subsection 2, Code Supplement
  1 20 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  1 21    2.  A description of the vehicle including, insofar as the
  1 22 hereinafter specified data may exist with respect to a given
  1 23 vehicle, the make, model, type of body, the number of
  1 24 cylinders, the type of motor fuel used, the serial number of
  1 25 the vehicle, manufacturer's identification number, the engine
  1 26 or other number of the vehicle and whether new or used and if
  1 27 a new vehicle the date of sale by the manufacturer or dealer
  1 28 to the person intending to operate such vehicle.  If the
  1 29 vehicle is a new low-speed vehicle, the manufacturer's or
  1 30 importer's certificate required to accompany the application
  1 31 under subsection 4 shall certify that the vehicle was
  1 32 manufactured in compliance with the national highway and
  1 33 traffic safety administration standards for low-speed vehicles
  1 34 in 49 C.F.R. } 571.500.
  1 35    Sec. 3.  Section 321.116, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  2  1 follows:
  2  2    321.116  ELECTRIC AUTOMOBILES.
  2  3    For an electric motor vehicle the annual fee is twenty-five
  2  4 dollars.  However, if an electric motor vehicle is more than
  2  5 five model years old the annual registration fee is fifteen
  2  6 dollars.  This section does not apply to low-speed vehicles
  2  7 that are electric.
  2  8    Sec. 4.  NEW SECTION.  321.381A  OPERATION OF LOW-SPEED
  2  9 VEHICLES.
  2 10    A low-speed vehicle shall not be operated on a street with
  2 11 a posted speed limit greater than thirty-five miles per hour.
  2 12 This section shall not prohibit a low-speed vehicle from
  2 13 crossing a street with a posted speed limit greater than
  2 14 thirty-five miles per hour.  
  2 15 
  2 16 
  2 17                                                             
  2 18                               MARY E. KRAMER
  2 19                               President of the Senate
  2 20 
  2 21 
  2 22                                                             
  2 23                               BRENT SIEGRIST
  2 24                               Speaker of the House
  2 25 
  2 26    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
  2 27 is known as Senate File 2330, Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
  2 28 
  2 29 
  2 30                                                             
  2 31                               MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
  2 32                               Secretary of the Senate
  2 33 Approved                , 2000
  2 34 
  2 35 
  3  1                               
  3  2 THOMAS J. VILSACK
  3  3 Governor
     

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