House File 263 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  RASMUSSEN


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act allowing a refund of unexpired motor vehicle registration
  2    fees to a vehicle owner who moves out of state.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2119HH 81
  5 dea/sh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.126, Code 2005, is amended by
  1  2 adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  6A.  If the owner of the motor vehicle
  1  4 moves out of state, the owner may make a claim for a refund by
  1  5 returning the Iowa registration plates and registration
  1  6 receipt, along with evidence of the vehicle's registration in
  1  7 another jurisdiction, to the county treasurer or department
  1  8 within thirty days of the out=of=state registration.  For
  1  9 purposes of section 321.127, the unexpired months remaining in
  1 10 the registration year shall be calculated on the basis of the
  1 11 effective date of the out=of=state registration.  However, for
  1 12 the purpose of timely issuance of the refund, the claim for a
  1 13 refund under this subsection is considered to be filed on the
  1 14 date the registration documents are received by the county
  1 15 treasurer or department.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17    This bill allows the owner of a motor vehicle who moves out
  1 18 of state to receive a refund for the unexpired portion of
  1 19 registration fees.  The claim for a refund shall be made by
  1 20 returning the Iowa registration plates and registration
  1 21 receipt, along with evidence of the vehicle's registration in
  1 22 another jurisdiction, to the county treasurer or state
  1 23 department of transportation within 30 days of the out=of=
  1 24 state registration.  The effective date of the new
  1 25 registration shall be used as the basis for calculating the
  1 26 unexpired portion of Iowa registration fees.  The date that
  1 27 the registration documents are received by the county
  1 28 treasurer or the department shall be considered the filing
  1 29 date for the claim for purposes of the current requirement
  1 30 that the department has until the last day of the month
  1 31 following the month in which the claim is filed to issue a
  1 32 refund.
  1 33 LSB 2119HH 81
  1 34 dea:nh/sh/8