Senate File 2182 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON
TRANSPORTATION
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3025)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to registration fees for certain motor trucks and
2 providing effective and applicability dates.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 321.109, subsection 1, unnumbered
1 2 paragraph 1, Code Supplement 2005, is amended to read as
1 3 follows:
1 4 The annual fee for all motor vehicles including vehicles
1 5 designated by manufacturers as station wagons, and 1993 and
1 6 subsequent model years for multipurpose vehicles, and 2008 and
1 7 subsequent model year motor trucks with an unladen weight of
1 8 seven thousand five hundred pounds or less, except motor
1 9 trucks registered under section 321.122, special trucks, motor
1 10 homes, ambulances, hearses, motorcycles, motor bicycles, and
1 11 1992 and older model years for multipurpose vehicles, shall be
1 12 equal to one percent of the value as fixed by the department
1 13 plus forty cents for each one hundred pounds or fraction
1 14 thereof of weight of vehicle, as fixed by the department. The
1 15 weight of a motor vehicle, fixed by the department for
1 16 registration purposes, shall include the weight of a battery,
1 17 heater, bumpers, spare tire, and wheel. Provided, however,
1 18 that for any new vehicle purchased in this state by a
1 19 nonresident for removal to the nonresident's state of
1 20 residence the purchaser may make application to the county
1 21 treasurer in the county of purchase for a transit plate for
1 22 which a fee of ten dollars shall be paid. And provided,
1 23 however, that for any used vehicle held by a registered dealer
1 24 and not currently registered in this state, or for any vehicle
1 25 held by an individual and currently registered in this state,
1 26 when purchased in this state by a nonresident for removal to
1 27 the nonresident's state of residence, the purchaser may make
1 28 application to the county treasurer in the county of purchase
1 29 for a transit plate for which a fee of three dollars shall be
1 30 paid. The county treasurer shall issue a nontransferable
1 31 certificate of registration for which no refund shall be
1 32 allowed; and the transit plates shall be void thirty days
1 33 after issuance. Such purchaser may apply for a certificate of
1 34 title by surrendering the manufacturer's or importer's
1 35 certificate or certificate of title, duly assigned as provided
2 1 in this chapter. In this event, the treasurer in the county
2 2 of purchase shall, when satisfied with the genuineness and
2 3 regularity of the application, and upon payment of a fee of
2 4 ten dollars, issue a certificate of title in the name and
2 5 address of the nonresident purchaser delivering the same to
2 6 the person entitled to the title as provided in this chapter.
2 7 The application requirements of section 321.20 apply to a
2 8 title issued as provided in this subsection, except that a
2 9 natural person who applies for a certificate of title shall
2 10 provide either the person's social security number, passport
2 11 number, or driver's license number, whether the license was
2 12 issued by this state, another state, or another country. The
2 13 provisions of this subsection relating to multipurpose
2 14 vehicles are effective January 1, 1993, for all 1993 and
2 15 subsequent model years. The annual registration fee for
2 16 multipurpose vehicles that are 1992 model years and older
2 17 shall be in accordance with section 321.124.
2 18 Sec. 2. Section 321.122, subsection 1, unnumbered
2 19 paragraph 1, Code 2005, is amended to read as follows:
2 20 The annual registration fee for truck tractors, road
2 21 tractors, and motor trucks, except 2008 and subsequent model
2 22 year motor trucks with an unladen weight of seven thousand
2 23 five hundred pounds or less and motor trucks registered as
2 24 special trucks, shall be based on the combined gross weight of
2 25 the vehicle or combination of vehicles. All such trucks,
2 26 truck tractors, or road tractors registered under this section
2 27 shall be registered for a gross weight equal to or in excess
2 28 of the unladen weight of the vehicle or combination of
2 29 vehicles. The annual registration fee fees for such vehicles
2 30 or combination of vehicles, except special trucks, shall be
2 31 are as follows:
2 32 Sec. 3. Section 321.123, subsection 2, Code 2005, is
2 33 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
2 34 NEW PARAGRAPH. c. This subsection does not apply to motor
2 35 trucks registered under section 321.109.
3 1 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES. This Act takes
3 2 effect January 1, 2007, and applies to registrations of 2008
3 3 and subsequent model year motor trucks with an unladen weight
3 4 of seven thousand five hundred pounds or less.
3 5 EXPLANATION
3 6 This bill revises the method for calculating annual
3 7 registration fees for motor trucks with an unladen weight of
3 8 7,500 pounds or less. Currently, most such trucks are
3 9 registered based on combined gross weight for an annual fee of
3 10 $65, which is reduced to $55 when the vehicle is more than 10
3 11 model years old, $45 when the vehicle is more than 13 model
3 12 years old, and $35 when the vehicle is more than 15 model
3 13 years old.
3 14 The bill requires that 2008 and subsequent model year motor
3 15 trucks with an unladen weight of 7,500 pounds or less be
3 16 registered under the weight and value system that applies to
3 17 most other motor vehicles. Currently under that system,
3 18 registration fees are equal to 1 percent of the value of the
3 19 vehicle plus 40 cents for each 100 pounds of weight of the
3 20 vehicle. Registration fees based on weight and value are
3 21 automatically reduced according to the age of the vehicle
3 22 beginning when the vehicle is more than five model years old.
3 23 The bill takes effect January 1, 2007, and applies to
3 24 registrations of 2008 and subsequent model year motor trucks.
3 25 The bill does not alter the current flat fee schedule, which
3 26 will continue to apply to 2007 and previous model year trucks.
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