Senate Study Bill 3025
SENATE FILE
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
TRANSPORTATION BILL BY
CO=CHAIRPERSON PUTNEY)
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,
2 creating an E=85 trust fund, making an appropriation, and
3 providing effective and applicability dates.
4 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 321.109, Code Supplement 2005, is amended
2 19 by adding the following new subsection:
2 20 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. Notwithstanding section 423.43, and
2 21 prior to the crediting of revenues to the road use tax fund
2 22 under section 423.43, subsection 1, paragraph "b", the
2 23 treasurer of state shall transfer monthly to the E=85 trust
2 24 fund created under section 421.71 fifty percent of the amount
2 25 of fees collected during the previous month from the
2 26 registration of 2008 and newer model year motor trucks under
2 27 this section in excess of the amount that would have been
2 28 collected for the registration of those vehicles under section
2 29 321.122, Code 2005. However, the total amount transferred
2 30 shall not exceed fifty million dollars. This subsection is
2 31 repealed December 31, 2010.
2 32 Sec. 3. Section 321.122, subsection 1, unnumbered
2 33 paragraph 1, Code 2005, is amended to read as follows:
2 34 The annual registration fee for truck tractors, road
2 35 tractors, and motor trucks, except 2008 and subsequent model
3 1 year motor trucks with an unladen weight of seven thousand
3 2 five hundred pounds or less and motor trucks registered as
3 3 special trucks, shall be based on the combined gross weight of
3 4 the vehicle or combination of vehicles. All such trucks,
3 5 truck tractors, or road tractors registered under this section
3 6 shall be registered for a gross weight equal to or in excess
3 7 of the unladen weight of the vehicle or combination of
3 8 vehicles. The annual registration fee fees for such vehicles
3 9 or combination of vehicles, except special trucks, shall be
3 10 are as follows:
3 11 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 421.71 E=85 TRUST FUND.
3 12 1. An E=85 trust fund is created within the state treasury
3 13 under the control of the department. The fund shall consist
3 14 of moneys transferred from the registration of motor trucks
3 15 under section 321.109, subsection 4, any moneys appropriated
3 16 by the general assembly, and any other moneys available to and
3 17 obtained or accepted by the department from government or
3 18 private sources for placement in the fund. The assets of the
3 19 fund are appropriated to the department to be used to
3 20 establish E=85 retail facilities throughout the state by
3 21 providing reimbursement to new and existing motor fuel
3 22 retailers for costs associated with the installation or
3 23 conversion of infrastructure used to sell and dispense E=85
3 24 blended gasoline. The total amount that may be awarded to an
3 25 applicant for reimbursement under this section is limited to
3 26 twenty=five thousand dollars per retail location. Up to one
3 27 hundred thousand dollars of the moneys in the fund may be
3 28 allocated to the department annually for administrative costs
3 29 incurred by the department for purposes of administering the
3 30 fund.
3 31 2. Moneys in the E=85 trust fund shall be drawn upon the
3 32 written requisition of the director or an authorized
3 33 representative of the director. Notwithstanding section
3 34 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys deposited
3 35 in the fund shall be credited to the fund. Notwithstanding
4 1 section 8.33, moneys in the fund that remain unencumbered or
4 2 unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert
4 3 but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes
4 4 designated through December 31, 2012. The department shall
4 5 adopt rules for the administration of this section.
4 6 Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES. This Act takes
4 7 effect January 1, 2007, and applies to registrations of 2008
4 8 and subsequent model year motor trucks with an unladen weight
4 9 of seven thousand five hundred pounds or less.
4 10 EXPLANATION
4 11 This bill revises the method for calculating annual
4 12 registration fees for motor trucks with an unladen weight of
4 13 7,500 pounds or less. Currently, most such trucks are
4 14 registered based on combined gross weight for an annual fee of
4 15 $65, which is reduced to $55 when the vehicle is more than 10
4 16 model years old, $45 when the vehicle is more than 13 model
4 17 years old, and $35 when the vehicle is more than 15 model
4 18 years old.
4 19 The bill requires that 2008 and subsequent model year motor
4 20 trucks with an unladen weight of 7,500 pounds or less be
4 21 registered under the weight and value system that applies to
4 22 most other motor vehicles. Currently under that system,
4 23 registration fees are equal to 1 percent of the value of the
4 24 vehicle plus 40 cents for each 100 pounds of weight of the
4 25 vehicle. Registration fees based on weight and value are
4 26 automatically reduced according to the age of the vehicle
4 27 beginning when the vehicle is more than five model years old.
4 28 The bill establishes an E=85 trust fund under the control
4 29 of the department of revenue, to be used to fuel the
4 30 establishment of E=85 retail facilities. Through December 31,
4 31 2010, 50 percent of the amount of fees collected from the
4 32 registration of 2008 and newer model year motor trucks under
4 33 the weight and value system in excess of the amount that would
4 34 have been collected for the registration of those vehicles for
4 35 a flat fee shall be deposited monthly in the E=85 trust fund.
5 1 However, the total amount deposited shall not exceed $50
5 2 million. A maximum amount of $25,000 shall be awarded to an
5 3 applicant to reimburse costs incurred for E=85 infrastructure
5 4 projects at any one retail location. Moneys remaining in the
5 5 fund after December 31, 2012, shall revert to the road use tax
5 6 fund.
5 7 The bill takes effect January 1, 2007, and applies to
5 8 registrations of 2008 and subsequent model year motor trucks.
5 9 The bill does not alter the current flat fee schedule, which
5 10 will continue to apply to 2007 and previous model year trucks.
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