House File 2127

                                     HOUSE FILE       
                                     BY  WHITEAD, WENDT, LYKAM,
                                         HOGG, FORD, GREIMANN,
                                         SWAIM, JACOBY, OLDSON,
                                         SHOMSHOR, REASONER, BUKTA,
                                         JOCHUM, MURPHY, COHOON,
                                         D. OLSON, MILLER, CONNORS,
                                         T. TAYLOR, HEDDENS, SMITH,
                                         D. TAYLOR, WISE, MASCHER,
                                         FOEGE, WHITAKER, HUNTER,
                                         OSTERHAUS, WINCKLER, GASKILL,
                                         BERRY, LENSING, McCARTHY,
                                         DANDEKAR, KUHN, MERTZ,
                                         SHOULTZ, and FREVERT


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for waiver of penalties for late motor vehicle
  2    registration for activated national guard and reserve forces
  3    members.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5926HH 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.134, Code 2003, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  The department shall waive the
  1  4 penalties imposed by this section for an owner who, as a
  1  5 member of the Iowa national guard or the reserve forces of the
  1  6 United States, is ordered to active duty status.  The waiver
  1  7 shall apply during the period of activation and for thirty
  1  8 days from the date the period of active military service ends,
  1  9 according to rules adopted by the department.
  1 10                           EXPLANATION
  1 11    This bill requires the state department of transportation
  1 12 to waive penalties for overdue motor vehicle registration fees
  1 13 if the motor vehicle owner is an Iowa national guard or United
  1 14 States reserve forces member and is ordered to active duty
  1 15 status.  The penalty waiver applies for 30 days after the end
  1 16 of the period of military activation.
  1 17 LSB 5926HH 80
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