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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
SNOWMOBILE
REGISTRATION
AND
USE
OF
MONEYS
FROM
THE
SPECIAL
SNOWMOBILE
FUND.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
321G.1,
subsection
21,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
21.
“Public
land”
means
land
owned
by
the
federal
government,
the
state,
or
political
subdivisions
of
the
state
and
land
acquired
or
developed
for
public
recreation
pursuant
to
section
321G.7
.
“Public
land”
includes
but
is
not
limited
to
a
roadway
or
highway.
However,
this
subsection
shall
not
be
construed
to
permit
the
operation
of
snowmobiles
on
a
roadway
or
highway
except
as
provided
in
section
321G.9.
Sec.
2.
Section
321G.7,
subsection
2,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2.
The
department
shall
remit
the
fees,
including
user
permit
fees
collected
pursuant
to
section
321G.4A
,
to
the
treasurer
of
state,
who
shall
place
the
money
in
a
special
snowmobile
fund.
The
money
is
appropriated
to
the
department
for
the
snowmobile
programs
of
the
state.
The
programs
shall
include
grants,
subgrants,
contracts,
or
cost-sharing
of
snowmobile
programs
with
political
subdivisions
or
incorporated
private
organizations
or
both
,
which
may
include
the
purchase,
ownership,
and
maintenance
of
trail
grooming
equipment,
in
accordance
with
rules
adopted
by
the
commission.
Snowmobile
fees
may
be
used
to
support
snowmobile
programs
on
a
usage
Senate
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472,
p.
2
basis.
At
least
fifty
seventy
percent
of
the
special
fund
shall
be
available
for
political
subdivisions
or
incorporated
private
organizations
or
both.
Moneys
from
the
special
fund
not
used
by
the
political
subdivisions
or
incorporated
private
organizations
or
both
shall
remain
in
the
fund
and
may
be
used
by
the
department
for
the
administration
of
the
snowmobile
programs.
Notwithstanding
section
8.33
,
moneys
in
the
special
fund
shall
not
revert
to
the
general
fund
of
the
state
at
the
end
of
a
fiscal
year.
Notwithstanding
section
12C.7,
subsection
2
,
interest
or
earnings
on
moneys
in
the
special
fund
shall
remain
in
the
fund.
Sec.
3.
Section
321G.7,
Code
2017,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
the
department
may
donate
trail
grooming
equipment
owned
by
the
department
to
a
political
subdivision
or
incorporated
private
organization
receiving
moneys
from
the
fund
after
the
useful
life
of
the
trail
grooming
equipment
to
the
department
has
expired.
Sec.
4.
Section
321G.8,
Code
2017,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3.
Snowmobiles
registered
in
an
organized
special
event
authorized
pursuant
to
section
321G.16
when
such
snowmobiles
are
operated
within
the
boundaries
of
the
event.
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
472,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor