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Senate Study Bill 1128

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.1, subsection 69, paragraph c, Code
  1  2 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    c.  Operated by a municipally or privately owned urban
  1  4 transit company or a regional transit system as defined in
  1  5 section 324A.1 for the transportation of children as part of
  1  6 or in addition to their regularly scheduled service; or
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 321.1, subsection 76, Code 1999, is
  1  8 amended to read as follows:
  1  9    76.  "Special truck" means a motor truck or truck tractor
  1 10 not used for hire with a gross weight registration of six
  1 11 through thirty-two tons used by a person engaged in farming to
  1 12 transport commodities produced only by the owner, or to
  1 13 transport commodities purchased by the owner for use in the
  1 14 owner's own farming operation or occasional use for charitable
  1 15 purposes.  "Special truck" also means a motor truck or truck
  1 16 tractor not used for hire with a gross weight registration of
  1 17 six through thirty-two tons used by a person engaged in
  1 18 farming who assists another person engaged in farming through
  1 19 an exchange of services.  A "special truck" does not include a
  1 20 truck tractor operated more than seventy-five hundred fifteen
  1 21 thousand miles annually.
  1 22    Sec. 3.  Section 321.23, subsection 3, Code 1999, is
  1 23 amended to read as follows:
  1 24    3.  In the event an applicant for registration of a foreign
  1 25 vehicle for which a certificate of title has been issued is
  1 26 able to furnish evidence of being the registered owner of the
  1 27 vehicle to the county treasurer of the owner's residence,
  1 28 although unable to surrender such certificate of title, the
  1 29 county treasurer may issue a registration receipt and plates
  1 30 upon receipt of the required registration fee but shall not
  1 31 issue a certificate of title thereto.  Upon surrender of the
  1 32 certificate of title from the foreign state, the county
  1 33 treasurer shall issue a certificate of title to the owner, or
  1 34 person entitled thereto, of such vehicle as provided in this
  1 35 chapter.  The owner of a vehicle registered under this
  2  1 subsection shall not be required to obtain a certificate of
  2  2 title in this state and may transfer ownership of the vehicle
  2  3 to a motor vehicle dealer licensed under chapter 322 if, at
  2  4 the time of the transfer, the certificate of title is held by
  2  5 a secured party and the dealer has forwarded to the secured
  2  6 party the sum necessary to discharge the security interest
  2  7 pursuant to section 321.48, subsection 1.
  2  8    Sec. 4.  Section 321.25, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1999,
  2  9 is amended to read as follows:
  2 10    A vehicle may be operated upon the highways of this state
  2 11 without registration plates for a period of thirty forty-five
  2 12 days after the date of delivery of the vehicle to the
  2 13 purchaser from a dealer if a card bearing the words
  2 14 "registration applied for" is attached on the rear of the
  2 15 vehicle.  The card shall have plainly stamped or stenciled the
  2 16 registration number of the dealer from whom the vehicle was
  2 17 purchased and the date of delivery of the vehicle.  In
  2 18 addition, a dealer licensed to sell new motor vehicles may
  2 19 attach the card to a new motor vehicle delivered by the dealer
  2 20 to the purchaser even if the vehicle was purchased from an
  2 21 out-of-state dealer and the card shall bear the registration
  2 22 number of the dealer that delivered the vehicle.  A dealer
  2 23 shall not issue a card to a person known to the dealer to be
  2 24 in possession of registration plates which may be attached to
  2 25 the vehicle.  A dealer shall not issue a card unless an
  2 26 application for registration and certificate of title has been
  2 27 made by the purchaser and a receipt issued to the purchaser of
  2 28 the vehicle showing the fee paid by the person making the
  2 29 application.  Dealers' records shall indicate the agency to
  2 30 which the fee is sent and the date the fee is sent.  The
  2 31 dealer shall forward the application by the purchaser to the
  2 32 county treasurer or state office within fifteen calendar days
  2 33 from the date of delivery of the vehicle.  However, if the
  2 34 vehicle is subject to a security interest and has been offered
  2 35 for sale pursuant to section 321.48, subsection 1, the dealer
  3  1 shall forward the application by the purchaser to the county
  3  2 treasurer or state office within twenty-two thirty calendar
  3  3 days from the date of the delivery of the vehicle to the
  3  4 purchaser.
  3  5    Sec. 5.  Section 321.42, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  3  6 follows:
  3  7    321.42  LOST OR DAMAGED CERTIFICATES, CARDS, AND PLATES.
  3  8    1.  If a registration card, plate, or pair of plates is
  3  9 lost or becomes illegible, the owner shall immediately apply
  3 10 for replacement.  The fee for a replacement registration card
  3 11 shall be three dollars.  The fee for a replacement plate or
  3 12 pair of plates shall be five dollars.  When the owner has
  3 13 furnished information required by the department and paid the
  3 14 proper fee, a duplicate, substitute, or new registration card,
  3 15 plate, or pair of plates may be issued.
  3 16    2.  a.  If a certificate of title is lost or destroyed, the
  3 17 owner or lienholder shall apply for a certified copy of the
  3 18 original certificate of title.  The owner or lienholder of a
  3 19 motor vehicle may also apply for a certified copy of the
  3 20 original certificate of title as a replacement for the
  3 21 original certificate of title upon surrender of the original
  3 22 certificate of title with the application.  The application
  3 23 shall be made to the department or county treasurer who issued
  3 24 the original certificate of title.  The application shall be
  3 25 signed by the owner or lienholder and accompanied by a fee of
  3 26 ten dollars.
  3 27    b.  After five days, the department or county treasurer
  3 28 shall issue a certified copy to the applicant at the
  3 29 applicant's most recent address, however, the five-day waiting
  3 30 period does not apply to an applicant who has surrendered the
  3 31 original certificate of title to the department or county
  3 32 treasurer.  The certified copy shall be clearly marked
  3 33 "duplicate" and shall be identical to the original, including
  3 34 notation of liens or encumbrances.  When a certified copy has
  3 35 been issued, the previous certificate is void.
  4  1    c.  If a security interest noted on the face of an original
  4  2 certificate of title was released by the lienholder on a
  4  3 separate form and attached to the original certificate
  4  4 pursuant to section 321.50, subsection 4, and the signature of
  4  5 the lienholder, or the person executing the release on behalf
  4  6 of the lienholder, is notarized, but the lienholder has not
  4  7 delivered the original certificate to the appropriate party as
  4  8 provided in section 321.50, subsection 4, a certified copy of
  4  9 the original certificate may be issued to the applicant
  4 10 without the release of the security interest noted on the
  4 11 certified copy.  The lienholder shall return the original
  4 12 certificate of title to the department or to the treasurer of
  4 13 the county where the title was issued.
  4 14    d.  A new purchaser or transferee is entitled to receive an
  4 15 original title upon presenting the assigned duplicate copy to
  4 16 the treasurer of the county where the new purchaser or
  4 17 transferee resides.  At the time of purchase, a purchaser may
  4 18 require the seller to indemnify the purchaser and all future
  4 19 purchasers of the vehicle against any loss which may be
  4 20 suffered due to claims on the original certificate.  A person
  4 21 recovering an original certificate of title for which a
  4 22 duplicate has been issued shall surrender the original
  4 23 certificate to the county treasurer or the department.
  4 24    3.  If a county treasurer mails vehicle registration
  4 25 documents which become lost or are damaged in transit through
  4 26 the United States postal service, the person to whom the
  4 27 documents were being sent may apply for reissuance without
  4 28 cost.  The application shall be made with the county treasurer
  4 29 who originally issued the documents not less than twenty days
  4 30 from the date the documents were placed with the United States
  4 31 postal service.  If the original documents are received after
  4 32 reissuance of duplicates, the original documents shall be
  4 33 surrendered to the county treasurer within five days of the
  4 34 time they are received.
  4 35    Sec. 6.  Section 321.48, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
  5  1 2, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  5  2    A dealer licensed pursuant to chapter 322 or chapter 322C
  5  3 who has acquired a vehicle for resale which is subject to a
  5  4 security interest as provided in section 321.50 and who has
  5  5 forwarded to the secured party the sum necessary to discharge
  5  6 the security interest may offer the vehicle for sale prior to
  5  7 the receipt from the county treasurer of the certificate of
  5  8 title for the vehicle with the lien discharged for a period of
  5  9 not more than twenty thirty days from the date the vehicle was
  5 10 acquired and the provisions of section 321.104, subsection 2
  5 11 shall not apply.
  5 12    Sec. 7.  Section 321.49, subsection 1, Code 1999, is
  5 13 amended to read as follows:
  5 14    1.  Except as provided in section 321.52, if an application
  5 15 for transfer of registration and certificate of title is not
  5 16 submitted to the county treasurer of the residence of the
  5 17 transferee within fifteen thirty days of the date of
  5 18 assignment or transfer of title, or within twenty-two thirty
  5 19 days of the date of delivery to the purchaser if the vehicle
  5 20 is subject to a security interest and was offered for sale
  5 21 pursuant to section 321.48, subsection 1, a penalty of ten
  5 22 dollars shall accrue against the applicant, and no
  5 23 registration card or certificate of title shall be issued to
  5 24 the applicant for the vehicle until the penalty is paid.
  5 25    Sec. 8.  Section 321.50, subsection 4, unnumbered paragraph
  5 26 3, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows:
  5 27    However, when When a security interest is discharged for a
  5 28 vehicle with a gross vehicle weight rating of sixteen thousand
  5 29 pounds or more, the lienholder shall note the cancellation of
  5 30 a the security interest on the face of the title and may note
  5 31 the cancellation of the security interest on a form prescribed
  5 32 by the department and deliver a copy of the form in lieu of
  5 33 the title to the department or to the treasurer of the county
  5 34 in which the title was issued.  The department or county
  5 35 treasurer shall note the release of the security interest upon
  6  1 the statewide computer system and the county's records.  A
  6  2 copy of the form, if used, shall be attached to the title by
  6  3 the lienholder and shall be evidence of the release of the
  6  4 security interest.  The lienholder shall deliver the title to
  6  5 the first lienholder, or if there is no such person, to the
  6  6 person as designated by the owner, or if there is no such
  6  7 person designated, to the owner.
  6  8    Sec. 9.  Section 321.178, subsection 1, unnumbered
  6  9 paragraphs 2 and 3, Code 1999, are amended to read as follows:
  6 10    To be qualified as a classroom or laboratory driver
  6 11 education instructor, a person shall have satisfied the
  6 12 educational requirements for a teaching license at the
  6 13 elementary or secondary level and hold a valid license to
  6 14 teach driver education in the public schools of this state.
  6 15    Every public school district in Iowa shall offer or make
  6 16 available to all students residing in the school district or
  6 17 Iowa students attending a nonpublic school in the district an
  6 18 approved course in driver education.  The courses may be
  6 19 offered at sites other than at the public school, including
  6 20 nonpublic school facilities within the public school
  6 21 districts.  An approved course offered during the summer
  6 22 months, on Saturdays, after regular school hours during the
  6 23 regular terms or partly in one term or summer vacation period
  6 24 and partly in the succeeding term or summer vacation period,
  6 25 as the case may be, shall satisfy the requirements of this
  6 26 section to the same extent as an approved course offered
  6 27 during the regular school hours of the school term.   A
  6 28 student who successfully completes and obtains certification
  6 29 in an approved course in driver education or an approved
  6 30 course in motorcycle education may, upon proof of such fact,
  6 31 be excused from any field test which the student would
  6 32 otherwise be required to take in demonstrating the student's
  6 33 ability to operate a motor vehicle.  A student shall not be
  6 34 excused from any field test if a parent, guardian, or
  6 35 instructor requests that a test be administered.  Street or
  7  1 highway driving instruction may be provided by a person
  7  2 qualified as a classroom driver education instructor or a
  7  3 person certified by the department of transportation and
  7  4 authorized by the board of educational examiners.  A final
  7  5 field test prior to a student's completion of an approved
  7  6 course shall be administered by a person qualified as a
  7  7 classroom driver education instructor.  The department of
  7  8 transportation shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to
  7  9 provide for certification of persons qualified to provide
  7 10 street or highway driving instruction and for administering
  7 11 requested field tests.  The board of educational examiners
  7 12 shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to provide for
  7 13 authorization of persons certified by the department of
  7 14 transportation to provide street or highway driving
  7 15 instruction.
  7 16    Sec. 10.  Section 321.453, Code 1999, is amended to read as
  7 17 follows:
  7 18    321.453  EXCEPTIONS.
  7 19    The provisions of this chapter governing size, weight, and
  7 20 load, and the permit requirements of chapter 321E do not apply
  7 21 to fire apparatus,; road maintenance equipment owned by or,
  7 22 under lease to, or used in the performance of a contract with
  7 23 any state or local authority,; implements of husbandry
  7 24 temporarily moved upon a highway,; implements of husbandry
  7 25 moved from farm site to farm site or between the retail seller
  7 26 and a farm purchaser,; implements of husbandry moved between
  7 27 any site and the site of an agricultural exposition or a fair
  7 28 administered pursuant to chapter 173 or 174,; indivisible
  7 29 implements of husbandry temporarily moved between the place of
  7 30 manufacture and a retail seller or a farm purchaser,;
  7 31 implements of husbandry received and moved by a retail seller
  7 32 of implements of husbandry in exchange for a purchased
  7 33 implement,; or implements of husbandry moved for repairs,
  7 34 except on any part of the interstate highway system.  A
  7 35 vehicle, carrying an implement of husbandry, which is exempted
  8  1 from the permit requirements under this section shall be
  8  2 equipped with an amber flashing light under section 321.423,
  8  3 shall be equipped with warning flags on that portion of the
  8  4 vehicle which protrudes into oncoming traffic, and shall only
  8  5 operate from thirty minutes prior to sunrise to thirty minutes
  8  6 following sunset.  The one hundred-mile distance restriction
  8  7 contained in the definition of implement of husbandry in
  8  8 section 321.1 does not apply to this section.
  8  9    Sec. 11.  Section 321E.8, subsection 2, Code 1999, is
  8 10 amended to read as follows:
  8 11    2.  Vehicles with indivisible loads having an overall width
  8 12 not to exceed twelve feet five inches or mobile homes,
  8 13 including appurtenances, having an overall width not to exceed
  8 14 twelve feet five inches and an overall length not to exceed
  8 15 one hundred twenty feet zero inches may be moved on highways
  8 16 specified by the permitting authority for unlimited distances
  8 17 if the height of the vehicle and load does not exceed fourteen
  8 18 fifteen feet zero five inches and the total gross weight of
  8 19 the vehicle does not exceed one hundred thirty-six thousand
  8 20 pounds.  The vehicle owner or operator shall verify with the
  8 21 permitting authority prior to movement of the load that
  8 22 highway conditions have not changed so as to prohibit movement
  8 23 of the vehicle.  Any cost to repair damage to highways or
  8 24 highway structures shall be borne by the owner or operator of
  8 25 the vehicle causing the damage.  Permitted vehicles under this
  8 26 subsection shall not be allowed to travel on any portion of
  8 27 the interstate highway system.
  8 28    Sec. 12.  Section 322.5, Code 1999, is amended by adding
  8 29 the following new subsection:
  8 30    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  A manufacturer, distributor, or dealer
  8 31 may, upon receipt of a temporary permit approved by the
  8 32 department, display new ambulances, fire vehicles, and rescue
  8 33 vehicles for educational purposes only at vehicle shows and
  8 34 vehicle exhibitions conducted for the express purpose of
  8 35 educating fire and rescue personnel in new technology and
  9  1 techniques for fire-fighting and rescue efforts.  Application
  9  2 for temporary permits shall be made upon forms provided by the
  9  3 department and shall be accompanied by a ten dollar permit
  9  4 fee.  Permits shall be issued for a single show or exhibition,
  9  5 not to exceed five consecutive days.
  9  6    Sec. 13.  Section 322.14, Code 1999, is amended by striking
  9  7 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
  9  8    322.14  PENALTIES.
  9  9    1.  A person who violates any of the provisions of this
  9 10 chapter for which a penalty is not specifically provided is
  9 11 guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not
  9 12 less than two hundred fifty dollars nor more than one thousand
  9 13 five hundred dollars or by imprisonment not to exceed thirty
  9 14 days.
  9 15    2.  Notwithstanding subsection 1, if a provision of chapter
  9 16 537 is applicable to a retail installment contract and a
  9 17 violation of that provision is subject to a penalty under
  9 18 chapter 537, that penalty shall apply in lieu of a penalty
  9 19 provided in this chapter.
  9 20    Sec. 14.  NEW SECTION.  322.21  REMAINING BALANCE ON TRADE
  9 21 VEHICLE.
  9 22    The extension of credit by a retail seller to a retail
  9 23 buyer, pursuant to a retail installment contract, of the
  9 24 amount actually paid or to be paid by the retail seller to
  9 25 discharge a purchase money security interest, as defined in
  9 26 section 554.9107, on a motor vehicle traded in by the retail
  9 27 buyer shall not subject the retail seller to the provisions of
  9 28 chapter 536 or 536A.
  9 29    Sec. 15.  DRIVER'S EDUCATION CURRICULUM – STUDY.  The
  9 30 legislative council is requested to establish an interim study
  9 31 committee consisting of members of both political parties from
  9 32 throughout the state.  The study may include but is not
  9 33 limited to driver's education curriculum, certification of
  9 34 persons by the department of transportation to provide street
  9 35 and highway driving instruction, costs to students and to
 10  1 schools, privatizing driver's education, expansion of behind-
 10  2 the-wheel training, and effects on insurance rates.  The
 10  3 committee may consult with the department of transportation,
 10  4 department of education, board of educational examiners,
 10  5 parents, educators, insurance executives, and other persons
 10  6 with expertise or information relevant to the study of
 10  7 driver's education.  The committee is directed to submit its
 10  8 findings, together with any recommendations, in a report to
 10  9 the general assembly which convenes in January 2000.
 10 10    Sec. 16.  Sections 309.42 and 309.56, Code 1999, are
 10 11 repealed.  
 10 12                           EXPLANATION
 10 13    This bill amends Code section 321.1 to revise two
 10 14 definitions applicable to Code chapter 321, regulating motor
 10 15 vehicles and providing for rules of the road.  First, the
 10 16 definition of a school bus is modified to exclude vehicles
 10 17 which are operated by a regional transit system, as defined in
 10 18 Code section 324A.1, for the transportation of children as
 10 19 part of or in addition to their regularly scheduled service.
 10 20 Currently, the definition of school bus excludes such vehicles
 10 21 operated by a municipally or privately owned urban transit
 10 22 company for the same purpose.
 10 23    The definition of a special truck in Code section 321.1 is
 10 24 also revised to provide that a special truck does not include
 10 25 a truck tractor operated more than 15,000 miles per year.
 10 26 Currently, special trucks are defined as certain motor trucks
 10 27 and truck tractors used by persons engaged in farming to
 10 28 transport commodities produced or used by the owner or to
 10 29 assist another person engaged in farming.  Special trucks
 10 30 currently do not include truck tractors operated more than
 10 31 7,500 miles per year.  The owner of a special truck may
 10 32 register the vehicle as a special truck and pay a registration
 10 33 fee which is less than the registration fee for other trucks
 10 34 of similar size and weight.  Additionally, special trucks are
 10 35 not subject to rules concerning periodic inspections adopted
 11  1 by the state department of transportation.
 11  2    The bill amends Code section 321.23, relating to
 11  3 certificates of title for specially constructed and foreign
 11  4 vehicles.  The bill provides that the owner of a foreign
 11  5 vehicle who has registered the vehicle in this state may
 11  6 transfer the vehicle to a licensed motor vehicle dealer
 11  7 without obtaining a certificate of title in this state if the
 11  8 foreign certificate of title is held by a secured party and
 11  9 the motor vehicle dealer has paid the appropriate sum to
 11 10 discharge the security interest.
 11 11    Code section 321.25 is amended to provide that the period
 11 12 of time for which a vehicle may be operated with a
 11 13 "registration applied for" card pending issuance of
 11 14 registration plates shall be 45 days after the delivery of the
 11 15 vehicle to the purchaser from a dealer rather than the current
 11 16 30 days.  The section is also amended by extending the period
 11 17 of time from 22 to 30 days in which a dealer has to apply, on
 11 18 behalf of the purchaser of a traded-in vehicle, for a new
 11 19 certificate of title to the vehicle when the trade-in
 11 20 customer's security interest on the vehicle has been paid by
 11 21 the dealer.
 11 22    The bill also amends Code section 321.42, relating to lost
 11 23 or damaged certificates of title, registration cards, and
 11 24 registration plates, to provide that a certified copy of a
 11 25 certificate of title may be issued without the release of a
 11 26 security interest noted on the copy if the security interest
 11 27 was released by the lienholder pursuant to a notarized
 11 28 signature on a separate form which was attached to the
 11 29 original certificate of title, but the lienholder has not
 11 30 delivered the original certificate to the first lienholder or
 11 31 the owner.
 11 32    Code section 321.48 is amended to extend the period of time
 11 33 during which a vehicle dealer can offer a used vehicle for
 11 34 sale if a security interest on the vehicle has been paid but
 11 35 the certificate of title with the lien discharge noted thereon
 12  1 has not yet been received, from 20 to 30 days.
 12  2    The bill amends Code section 321.49 to provide that the
 12  3 purchaser of a motor vehicle must apply for transfer of
 12  4 registration and certificate of title within 30, rather than
 12  5 the current 15, days of the assignment or transfer of title,
 12  6 or within 30, rather than the current 22, days of delivery to
 12  7 the purchaser if the vehicle is subject to a security interest
 12  8 which was paid by the dealer.
 12  9    The bill also amends Code section 321.50 to provide that a
 12 10 security interest in a vehicle of any weight may be discharged
 12 11 by noting the cancellation of the security interest on the
 12 12 face of the title and on a separate form which is to be
 12 13 delivered to the department or to the appropriate county
 12 14 treasurer.  Currently, only security interests in vehicles
 12 15 with a gross vehicle weight rating of 16,000 pounds or more
 12 16 may be discharged in this manner.
 12 17    Code section 321.178 is amended to eliminate the
 12 18 requirement that laboratory driver education instructors be
 12 19 licensed teachers.  The bill also modifies the requirements
 12 20 for street and highway driving instructors who are not
 12 21 licensed teachers to provide that, in addition to the current
 12 22 requirement that such instructors be certified by the
 12 23 department of transportation, the instructors be authorized by
 12 24 the board of educational examiners.  Final field tests prior
 12 25 to students' completion of the driver education course are to
 12 26 be administered by a licensed classroom driver education
 12 27 instructor.
 12 28    Code section 321.453, providing exceptions to the size,
 12 29 weight, and load requirements for vehicles in Code chapter 321
 12 30 and to the permit requirements in Code chapter 321E, is
 12 31 amended to except road maintenance equipment used in the
 12 32 performance of a contract with a state or local authority from
 12 33 the requirements.  Currently, road maintenance equipment owned
 12 34 by or under lease to a state or local authority is excepted
 12 35 from the requirements.
 13  1    The bill amends Code section 321E.8 by increasing the
 13  2 length and height limitations for vehicles carrying an
 13  3 indivisible load pursuant to one category of an excessive size
 13  4 and weight permit.  The length limitation is increased from
 13  5 100 to 120 feet.  The height limitation is increased from 14
 13  6 feet to 15 feet five inches.
 13  7    The bill also amends Code section 322.5 to allow a motor
 13  8 vehicle manufacturer, distributor, or dealer to display
 13  9 ambulances, fire vehicles, and rescue vehicles, pursuant to a
 13 10 temporary permit, for educational purposes at vehicle shows
 13 11 and exhibitions conducted to educate fire and rescue personnel
 13 12 in new technology and techniques.  The temporary permits are
 13 13 available upon application to the state department of
 13 14 transportation and payment of a $10 permit fee.
 13 15    Code section 322.14, providing penalties for violations of
 13 16 Code chapter 322 regulating motor vehicle manufacturers,
 13 17 distributors, and dealers, is amended to provide that
 13 18 violations for which a penalty is not specifically provided
 13 19 are simple misdemeanors punishable by a fine of not less than
 13 20 $250 nor more than $1,500 or by imprisonment not to exceed 30
 13 21 days.  The bill subjects manufacturers and distributors who
 13 22 terminate or fail to renew a contract with a motor vehicle
 13 23 dealer without reasonable cause or because the dealer did not
 13 24 sell, assign, or transfer a retail installment contract to a
 13 25 person or class of persons designated by the manufacturer or
 13 26 distributor to the same penalty provisions as persons
 13 27 violating other provisions of Code chapter 322.  Currently,
 13 28 persons violating a provision of Code chapter 322 for which a
 13 29 specific penalty is not provided, except for manufacturers and
 13 30 distributors who terminate or fail to renew a contract with a
 13 31 dealer without reasonable cause, are guilty of serious
 13 32 misdemeanors, punishable by a fine of not less than $250 nor
 13 33 more than $1,500 or by imprisonment not to exceed one year.
 13 34    The bill adds Code section 322.21, providing that when a
 13 35 vehicle which is traded in to a dealer on the purchase of
 14  1 another vehicle is worth less than the amount owed on the
 14  2 trade-in, the amount necessary to pay off the security
 14  3 interest on the trade-in may be included in the amount of the
 14  4 retail installment contract for the vehicle purchased without
 14  5 subjecting the dealer to Code chapter 536 or 536A, regulating
 14  6 loans.
 14  7    The bill also repeals Code sections 309.42 and 309.56,
 14  8 requiring that the state department of transportation review
 14  9 local county plans and contracts for road, bridge, and culvert
 14 10 construction on secondary roads.
 14 11    The bill requests the legislative council to establish an
 14 12 interim study committee on driver's education curriculum.  
 14 13 LSB 2056SC 78
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