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 amultipurposevehicle, 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 amultipurposevehicle 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