House File 108 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  STRUYK


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act prohibiting the use of spinner hubcaps and providing a
  2    penalty.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1665YH 81
  5 dea/sh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  321.435  SPINNER HUBCAPS.
  1  2    It is unlawful to operate a motor vehicle equipped with
  1  3 spinner hubcaps on a highway in this state.  A person who
  1  4 violates this section is guilty of a simple misdemeanor
  1  5 punishable as a scheduled violation under section 805.8A,
  1  6 subsection 3, paragraph "a".
  1  7    For purposes of this section, "spinner hubcap" means a
  1  8 removable hubcap or wheel cover that is attached to the wheel
  1  9 of a motor vehicle and continues to rotate, or appears to
  1 10 rotate, after the vehicle has come to a stop.
  1 11    Sec. 2.  Section 805.8A, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
  1 12 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1 13    a.  For violations under sections 321.317, 321.386,
  1 14 321.387, 321.388, 321.389, 321.390, 321.392, 321.393, 321.422,
  1 15 321.432, 321.435, 321.436, 321.439, 321.440, 321.441, 321.442,
  1 16 and 321.444, the scheduled fine is ten dollars.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill prohibits the operation of a motor vehicle
  1 19 equipped with spinner hubcaps on a highway.  Spinner hubcaps
  1 20 are defined as removable hubcaps or wheel covers that continue
  1 21 to rotate, or appear to rotate, after the vehicle is stopped.
  1 22 A person convicted of a violation commits a simple misdemeanor
  1 23 punishable by a scheduled fine of $10.
  1 24 LSB 1665YH 81
  1 25 dea:rj/sh/8