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: 4 TLSB 5648SV 81 5 dea/je/5 PAG LIN 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,and1993 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 registrationfeefees for such vehicles 2 30 or combination of vehicles, except special trucks,shall be2 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. 3 27 LSB 5648SV 81 3 28 dea:nh/je/5