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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 312.2, subsections 15 and 18, Code 1 2 2001, are amended to read as follows: 1 3 15. The treasurer of state, before making the allotments 1 4 provided for in this section, shall credit monthly from the 1 5 road use tax fund to the state department of transportation 1 6 for county, city, and state traffic safety improvement 1 7 projects an amount equal toone-half ofone percent of moneys 1 8 credited to the road use tax fund. 1 9 18. The treasurer of state, before making the allotments 1 10 provided for in this section, shall credit annually from the 1 11 road use tax fund to the state department of transportation 1 12 the sum ofsix hundred fifty thousandone million dollars for 1 13 the purpose of providing county treasurers withdata1 14processingautomation and telecommunications equipment and 1 15 support for vehicle registration and titling and driver 1 16 licensing. Notwithstanding section 8.33, unobligated funds 1 17 credited under this subsection remaining on June 30 of the 1 18 fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for 1 19 expenditure for purposes of this subsection in subsequent 1 20 fiscal years. 1 21 Sec. 2. Section 321.52, subsection 4, paragraph c, Code 1 22 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 23 c. A salvage theft examination shall be made by a peace 1 24 officer who has been specially certified and recertified when 1 25 required by the Iowa law enforcement academy to do salvage 1 26 theft examinations. The Iowa law enforcement academy shall 1 27 determine standards for training and certification, conduct 1 28 training, and may approve alternative training programswhich1 29 that satisfy the academy's standards for training and 1 30 certification. The owner of the salvage vehicle shall make 1 31 the vehicle available for examination at a time and location 1 32 designated by the peace officer doing the examination. The 1 33 owner may obtain a permit to drive the vehicle to and from the 1 34 examination location by submitting a repair affidavit to the 1 35 agency performing the examination stating that the vehicle is 2 1 reasonably safe for operation and listing the repairs which 2 2 have been made to the vehicle. The owner must be present for 2 3 the examination and have available for inspection the salvage 2 4 title, bills of sale for all essential parts changed, and the 2 5 repair affidavit. The examination shall be for the purposes 2 6 of determining whether the vehicle or repair components have 2 7 been stolen. The examination is not a safety inspection and a 2 8 signed salvage theft examination certificate shall not be 2 9 construed by any court of law to be a certification that the 2 10 vehicle is safe to be operated. There shall be no cause of 2 11 action against the peace officer or the agency conducting the 2 12 examination or the county treasurer for failure to discover or 2 13 note safety defects. If the vehicle passes the theft 2 14 examination, the peace officer shall indicate that the vehicle 2 15 passed examination on the salvage theft examination 2 16 certificate. The permit and salvage theft examination 2 17 certificate shall be on controlled forms prescribed and 2 18 furnished by the department. The owner shall pay a fee of 2 19thirtyseventy-five dollars upon completion of the 2 20 examination. The agency performing the examinations shall 2 21 retaintwentysixty-five dollars of the fee and shall pay five 2 22 dollars of the fee to the department and five dollars of the 2 23 fee to the treasurer of state for deposit in the general fund 2 24 of the state. Moneys deposited to the general fund under this 2 25 paragraph are subject to the requirements of section 8.60 and 2 26 shall be used by the Iowa law enforcement academy to provide 2 27 for the special training, certification, and recertification 2 28 of officers as required by this subsection. 2 29 The state department of transportation shall adopt rules in 2 30 accordance with chapter 17A to carry out this section. 2 31 Sec. 3. Section 321.113, Code 2001, is amended to read as 2 32 follows: 2 33 321.113 AUTOMATIC REDUCTION. 2 34 1. The registration fee for a motor vehicle shall not be 2 35 automatically reduced under this section unless the 3 1 registration fee is based on the value and weight of the motor 3 2 vehicle as provided in section 321.109, subsection 1. 3 3 2.AfterIf a motor vehicle is more than five model years 3 4 old,thatthe part of the registration feewhichthat is based 3 5 on the value of the vehicle shall be:3 6Seventy-fiveseventy-five percent of the rate as fixed when 3 7 the motor vehicle was new;. 3 8 3.AfterIf a motor vehicle is more than six model years 3 9 old, the part of the registration fee that is based on the 3 10 value of the vehicle shall be fifty percent;of the rate as 3 11 fixed when the motor vehicle was new. 3 12After a motor vehicle is more than eight model years old,3 13that part of the registration fee based on the value of the3 14vehicle shall be ten percent. Where the ninth registration3 15fee for a motor vehicle has been computed and fixed by the3 16department prior to July 4, 1949, there shall be added to the3 17registration fee, in lieu of the ten percent provided for3 18herein, one dollar if such registration fee has been computed3 19and fixed at fifteen dollars or less and two dollars if the3 20registration fee has been computed and fixed at more than3 21fifteen dollars.3 22 4. If a 1994 model year or newer motor vehicle is nine 3 23 model years old or older the registration fee is thirty-five 3 24 dollars. For purposes of determining the portion of the 3 25 registration fee under this subsection that is based upon the 3 26 value of the motor vehicle, sixty percent of the registration 3 27 fee is attributable to the value of the vehicle. 3 28 5. a. If a 1993 model year or older motor vehicle has 3 29 been titled in the same person's name since the vehicle was 3 30 new or the title to the vehicle was transferred prior to 3 31 January 1, 2002, the part of the registration fee that is 3 32 based on the value of the vehicle shall be ten percent of the 3 33 rate as fixed when the motor vehicle was new. 3 34 b. If the title of a 1993 or older motor vehicle is 3 35 transferred to a new owner or if such a motor vehicle is 4 1 brought into the state on or after January 1, 2002, the 4 2 registration fee shall not be based on the weight and list 4 3 price of the motor vehicle, but shall be as follows: 4 4 (1) For a motor vehicle that is model year 1969 4 5 or older: 4 6 .................................................. $ 16.00 4 7 (2) For a motor vehicle that is model year 1970 4 8 through 1989: 4 9 .................................................. $ 23.00 4 10 (3) For a motor vehicle that is model year 1990 4 11 through 1993: 4 12 .................................................. $ 27.00 4 13 For purposes of determining the portion of the registration 4 14 fee under this paragraph "b" that is based upon the value of 4 15 the motor vehicle, sixty percent of the registration fee is 4 16 attributable to the value of the value. 4 17 Sec. 4. Section 422.9, subsection 2, paragraph g, Code 4 18 2001, is amended by striking the paragraph and inserting in 4 19 lieu thereof: 4 20 g. To the extent not otherwise included pursuant to 4 21 section 164 of the Internal Revenue Code, add the amount of 4 22 the annual registration fee paid for a motor vehicle pursuant 4 23 to section 321.113, subsection 4, or section 321.113, 4 24 subsection 5, paragraph "b", which is based upon the value of 4 25 the vehicle. For purposes of this paragraph, sixty percent of 4 26 the amount of the registration fee is based upon the value of 4 27 the motor vehicle. 4 28 Sec. 5. Section 805.8, subsection 2, paragraphs m, q, r, 4 29 and t, Code 2001, are amended to read as follows: 4 30 m. Forheight, weight, length, width, andload violations 4 31 and towed vehicle violations under sections 321.309, 321.310, 4 32 321.381, 321.394, 321.437,321.454, 321.455, 321.456, 321.457,4 33321.458,321.461, and 321.462, the scheduled fine is twenty- 4 34 five dollars. For height, length, width, and load violations 4 35 under sections 321.454, 321.455, 321.456, 321.457, and 5 1 321.458, the scheduled fine is one hundred dollars. For 5 2 weight violations under sections 321.459 and 321.466, the 5 3 scheduled fine is twenty dollars for each two thousand pounds 5 4 or fraction thereof of overweight. For abandoned vehicles 5 5 under section 321.91, the scheduled fine is one hundred 5 6 dollars. 5 7 q. For failure to have proper carrier identification 5 8 markings under section 327B.1, the scheduled fine isfifteen5 9 fifty dollars. 5 10 r. For failure to have proper evidence of interstate 5 11 authority carried or displayed under section 327B.1 and for 5 12 failure to register, carry, or display evidence that 5 13 interstate authority is not required under section 327B.1, the 5 14 scheduled fine isone hundredtwo hundred fifty dollars. 5 15 t. For violation of section 321.364 or rules adopted under 5 16 section 321.450, the scheduled fine isfiftyone hundred 5 17 dollars. 5 18 Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. Sections 3 and 4 of this bill, 5 19 amending sections 321.113 and 422.9, take effect January 1, 5 20 2002. 5 21 EXPLANATION 5 22 This bill makes several Code changes in transportation- 5 23 related appropriations, penalties, fines, and fees. The bill 5 24 amends Code section 312.2 by modifying the off-the-top 5 25 allocations from the road use tax fund to the state department 5 26 of transportation for traffic safety improvement projects and 5 27 for county treasurers' vehicle registration and titling 5 28 equipment and support. The bill increases the monthly 5 29 allocation for county, city, and state traffic safety 5 30 improvement projects from .5 to 1 percent of moneys credited 5 31 to the road use tax fund. The bill allows the annual 5 32 allocation for county treasurers' equipment and support to be 5 33 used for automation and telecommunications equipment and 5 34 support for vehicle registration and titling and driver 5 35 licensing rather than only for data processing equipment and 6 1 support for vehicle registration and titling. The bill also 6 2 increases this allocation from $650,000 annually to $1 million 6 3 annually. 6 4 The bill amends Code section 321.52 by increasing the fee 6 5 an owner of a salvage vehicle must pay for a salvage theft 6 6 examination conducted by a specially certified peace officer 6 7 from $30 to $75. The agency performing the examination is to 6 8 keep $65 of the fee rather than $20. The Code provides that 6 9 the owner of a salvage vehicle must present a properly 6 10 executed salvage theft examination certificate showing that 6 11 none of the vehicle or repair components have been stolen in 6 12 order to receive a regular certificate of title. 6 13 The bill amends Code section 321.113, relating to the 6 14 automatic reduction of motor vehicle registration fees for 6 15 motor vehicles that are nine model years old or older. 6 16 Currently, after a motor vehicle is more than eight model 6 17 years old, the part of the registration fee based on the value 6 18 of the vehicle is 10 percent. The bill changes the fees for 6 19 vehicles that are nine model years old or older to flat fees, 6 20 based on the model year of the vehicle. However, to ensure 6 21 that persons owning vehicles that are more than nine model 6 22 years old or older and are registered in this state on the 6 23 effective date of the amendment are not subject to a fee 6 24 increase, the bill makes the flat fee schedule inapplicable to 6 25 such vehicles until they are transferred to a new owner. The 6 26 bill also adds provisions to Code sections 321.113 and 422.9 6 27 relating to the deductibility of motor vehicle registration 6 28 fees for state and federal income tax purposes. The bill 6 29 provides that the portion of the applicable flat motor vehicle 6 30 registration fee that is attributable to the value of the 6 31 vehicle for deductibility purposes shall be 60 percent of the 6 32 flat fee. The amendments to Code sections 321.113 and 422.9 6 33 take effect January 1, 2002. 6 34 The bill amends Code section 805.8 to increase the fines 6 35 for certain vehicle violations. The bill increases the fines 7 1 for general height, length, and width violations under Code 7 2 sections 321.454 through 321.457, and for projecting load 7 3 violations under Code section 321.458 from $25 to $100. The 7 4 bill increases the fine for the failure of a motor carrier to 7 5 have the proper identification markings under Code section 7 6 327B.1 from $15 to $50. The bill increases the fine for the 7 7 failure of a motor carrier to have proper evidence of 7 8 interstate authority carried or displayed under Code section 7 9 327B.1 and for the failure of a motor carrier to register, 7 10 carry, or display evidence that interstate authority is not 7 11 required under that Code section from $100 to $250. The bill 7 12 also increases the fines for certain hazardous materials 7 13 transportation violations from $50 to $100. 7 14 LSB 2442SC 79 7 15 nh/pj/5
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