House File 2110 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  DANDEKAR and HUSER


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the annual registration fee for certain motor
  2    vehicles equipped for persons with disabilities or used by
  3    persons with wheelchairs.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5051HH 82
  6 md/rj/24

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.109, subsection 1, paragraph b,
  1  2 Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    b.  The annual registration fee for a multipurpose vehicle,
  1  4 otherwise subject to paragraph "a", with permanently installed
  1  5 equipment manufactured for and necessary to assist a person
  1  6 with a disability who is either the owner or a member of the
  1  7 owner's household in entry and exit of the vehicle or for such
  1  8 a multipurpose vehicle if the vehicle's owner or a member of
  1  9 the vehicle owner's household uses a wheelchair as the only
  1 10 means of mobility shall be sixty dollars.  For purposes of
  1 11 this paragraph, "uses a wheelchair" does not include use of a
  1 12 wheelchair due to a temporary injury or medical condition.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14    Currently a $60 annual registration fee applies to
  1 15 multipurpose vehicles, as defined in Code section 321.1,
  1 16 subsection 44, equipped for persons with disabilities or used
  1 17 by persons with wheelchairs.
  1 18    This bill provides that the $60 fee applies to any motor
  1 19 vehicle or station wagon so equipped.  However, under current
  1 20 law and the bill the $60 fee does not apply to a motor truck,
  1 21 motor home, ambulance, hearse, motorcycle, motorized bicycle,
  1 22 or a 1992 or older model year of a multipurpose vehicle.
  1 23 LSB 5051HH 82
  1 24 md/rj/24