House File 374 HOUSE FILE BY KURTENBACH Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the operation of an all=terrain vehicle with a 2 passenger. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2049YH 80 5 dea/sh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321G.1, subsection 1, unnumbered 1 2 paragraph 1, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. "All=terrain vehicle" means a motorized flotation=tire 1 4 vehicle with not less than three low pressure tires, but not 1 5 more than six low pressure tires, or a two=wheeled off=road 1 6 motorcycle, that is limited in engine displacement to less 1 7 than eight hundred cubic centimeters and in total dry weight 1 8 to less thanseveneight hundred fifty pounds and that has a 1 9 seat or saddle designed to be straddled by the operator and 1 10 handlebars for steering control. 1 11 Sec. 2. Section 321G.13, subsection 3, Code 2003, is 1 12 amended to read as follows: 1 13 3. A person shall not operate an all=terrain vehiclewhile 1 14 carrying a passengerwith more persons on the vehicle than it 1 15 was designed to carry. 1 16 EXPLANATION 1 17 This bill prohibits the operation of an all=terrain vehicle 1 18 with more persons on the vehicle than it was designed to 1 19 carry. Current law does not allow operation of an all=terrain 1 20 vehicle with a passenger on board, regardless of the vehicle's 1 21 design. The bill amends the definition of "all=terrain 1 22 vehicle" to allow for the additional dry weight of all=terrain 1 23 vehicles designed for more than one person. 1 24 LSB 2049YH 80 1 25 dea/sh/8 1 26 1 27 1 28 1 29 1 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 1 34 1 35