Senate File 84
SENATE FILE
BY REHBERG
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act requiring annual registration of snowmobiles and
2 establishing a fee.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 321G.4, unnumbered paragraphs 1 and 2,
1 2 Code 2003, are amended to read as follows:
1 3 The owner of each all=terrain vehicle or snowmobile
1 4 required to be numbered shall register it every two years, and
1 5 the owner of each snowmobile required to be numbered shall
1 6 register it annually, with the county recorder of the county
1 7 in which the owner resides or, if the owner is a nonresident,
1 8 the owner shall register it in the county in which the all=
1 9 terrain vehicle or snowmobile is principally used. The
1 10 commission has supervisory responsibility over the
1 11 registration of all=terrain vehicles and snowmobiles and shall
1 12 provide each county recorder with registration forms and
1 13 certificates and shall allocate identification numbers to each
1 14 county.
1 15 The owner of the all=terrain vehicle or snowmobile shall
1 16 file an application for registration with the appropriate
1 17 county recorder on forms provided by the commission. The
1 18 application shall be completed and signed by the owner of the
1 19 all=terrain vehicle or snowmobile and shall be accompanied by
1 20 a fee of twenty=five dollars for an all=terrain vehicle or
1 21 fifteen dollars for a snowmobile, and a writing fee. An all=
1 22 terrain vehicle or a snowmobile shall not be registered by the
1 23 county recorder until the county recorder is presented with
1 24 receipts, bills of sale, or other satisfactory evidence that
1 25 the sales or use tax has been paid for the purchase of the
1 26 all=terrain vehicle or snowmobile or that the owner is exempt
1 27 from paying the tax. However, an owner of an all=terrain
1 28 vehicle, except an all=terrain vehicle purchased new on or
1 29 after January 1, 1990, may apply for registration without
1 30 proof of sales or use tax paid until one year after January 1,
1 31 1990. An all=terrain vehicle or snowmobile that has an
1 32 expired registration certificate from another state may be
1 33 registered in this state upon proper application, payment of
1 34 all applicable registration and writing fees, and payment of a
1 35 penalty of five dollars for an all=terrain vehicle or two
2 1 dollars and fifty cents for a snowmobile.
2 2 Sec. 2. Section 321G.6, Code 2003, is amended to read as
2 3 follows:
2 4 321G.6 REGISTRATION == RENEWAL == TRANSFER.
2 5 1. Every all=terrain vehicle or snowmobile registration
2 6 certificate and number issued expires at midnight December 31,
2 7 and renewals expire every two years thereafter unless sooner
2 8 terminated or discontinued in accordance with this chapter.
2 9 After the first day of September each even=numbered year, an
2 10 unregistered all=terrain vehicle or snowmobile and renewals
2 11 may be registered or a registration may be renewed for the
2 12 subsequent biennium beginning January 1. An all=terrain
2 13 vehicle or snowmobile registered between January 1 and
2 14 September 1 of even=numbered years shall be registered for a
2 15 fee of twelve dollars and fifty cents for the remainder of the
2 16 registration period.
2 17 After the first day of September in even=numbered years an
2 18 unregistered all=terrain vehicle or snowmobile may be
2 19 registered for the remainder of the current registration
2 20 period and for the subsequent registration period in one
2 21 transaction. The fee shall be five dollars for the remainder
2 22 of the current period, in addition to the registration fee of
2 23 twenty=five dollars for an all=terrain vehicle and twenty=five
2 24 dollars for a snowmobile for the subsequent biennium beginning
2 25 January 1, and a writing fee.
2 26 2. Every snowmobile registration certificate and number
2 27 issued expires at midnight December 31, unless sooner
2 28 terminated or discontinued in accordance with this chapter.
2 29 After the first day of September each year, an unregistered
2 30 snowmobile may be registered or a registration may be renewed
2 31 for the subsequent year beginning January 1. A snowmobile
2 32 registered between June 1 and September 1 shall be registered
2 33 for a fee of seven dollars and fifty cents for the remainder
2 34 of the registration period.
2 35 After the first day of September, a snowmobile may be
3 1 registered for the remainder of the current registration
3 2 period and for the subsequent registration period in one
3 3 transaction. The fee shall be two dollars and fifty cents for
3 4 the remainder of the current period, in addition to the
3 5 registration fee of fifteen dollars for the subsequent year
3 6 beginning January 1, and a writing fee.
3 7 3. Registration certificates and numbers for all=terrain
3 8 vehicles and snowmobiles may be renewed upon application of
3 9 the owner in the same manner as provided in securing the
3 10 original registration. The all=terrain vehicle or snowmobile
3 11 registration fee is in lieu of personal property tax for each
3 12 year of the registration.
3 13 4. An expired all=terrain vehicle or snowmobile
3 14 registration may be renewed for the same fee as if the owner
3 15 is securing the original registration plus a penalty of five
3 16 dollars for an all=terrain vehicle or two dollars and fifty
3 17 cents for a snowmobile, and a writing fee.
3 18 All all=terrain vehicles used on public land must be
3 19 registered within six months following January 1, 1990, unless
3 20 otherwise exempt.
3 21 5. When a person, after registering an all=terrain vehicle
3 22 or snowmobile, moves from the address shown on the
3 23 registration certificate, the person shall, within ten days,
3 24 notify the county recorder in writing of the move and the
3 25 person's new address.
3 26 6. Upon the transfer of ownership of an all=terrain
3 27 vehicle or snowmobile, the owner shall complete the form on
3 28 the back of the title, if any, and registration, if any, and
3 29 deliver both to the purchaser or transferee when the all=
3 30 terrain vehicle or snowmobile is delivered. If the all=
3 31 terrain vehicle or snowmobile is not titled, the owner shall
3 32 complete the form on the back of the current registration
3 33 certificate and shall deliver the certificate to the purchaser
3 34 or transferee at the time of delivering the all=terrain
3 35 vehicle or snowmobile. If the all=terrain vehicle or
4 1 snowmobile has not been titled and has not been registered,
4 2 the owner shall deliver an affidavit for an unregistered and
4 3 untitled all=terrain vehicle or snowmobile to the purchaser or
4 4 transferee. The purchaser or transferee shall, within thirty
4 5 days of transfer, file a new application form with the county
4 6 recorder with a fee of one dollar and the writing fee, and a
4 7 transfer of number shall be awarded in the same manner as
4 8 provided in an original registration. If the purchaser or
4 9 transferee does not file a new application form within thirty
4 10 days of transfer, the transfer of number shall be awarded upon
4 11 payment of all applicable fees plus a penalty of five dollars.
4 12 All registrations must be valid for the current
4 13 registration period prior to the transfer of any registration,
4 14 including assignment to a dealer.
4 15 7. Duplicate registrations may be issued upon application
4 16 therefor to the county recorder and the payment of the same
4 17 fees collected for the transfer of registrations.
4 18 8. A motorcycle, as defined in section 321.1, subsection
4 19 40, paragraph "a", may be registered as an all=terrain vehicle
4 20 as provided in this section. A motorcycle registered as an
4 21 all=terrain vehicle may participate in all programs
4 22 established for all=terrain vehicles under this chapter except
4 23 for the safety instruction and certification program.
4 24 Sec. 3. Section 321G.7, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2003,
4 25 is amended to read as follows:
4 26 Within ten days after the end of each month, a county
4 27 recorder shall remit to the commission the all=terrain vehicle
4 28 and snowmobile fees collected by the recorder during the
4 29 previous month. Before January 10 of odd=numbered years for
4 30 all=terrain vehicles and each year for snowmobiles, a recorder
4 31 shall remit unused license forms from the previous biennium
4 32 registration period to the commission.
4 33 EXPLANATION
4 34 This bill requires annual registration of snowmobiles and
4 35 establishes a $15 fee, plus a writing fee, for the
5 1 registration. Currently, snowmobiles are registered every
5 2 other year upon payment of a $25 fee plus a writing fee.
5 3 The bill amends related Code provisions to correspond to
5 4 the change to annual registration.
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