House Study Bill 670 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            TRANSPORTATION BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON HUSER)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act exempting certain persons from motor vehicle manufacturer
  2    licensing requirements.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 6456HC 82
  5 dea/nh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 322.27, Code 2007, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    322.27  MANUFACTURER'S LICENSE.
  1  4    1.  A manufacturer, except an alien manufacturer
  1  5 represented by an importer, shall not engage in business as a
  1  6 manufacturer in this state or employ, appoint, or maintain
  1  7 distributors or wholesalers or dealers, without a license as
  1  8 provided in this chapter.  However, new motor vehicle dealers
  1  9 may wholesale motor vehicles without an additional license and
  1 10 used motor vehicle dealers may wholesale used motor vehicles
  1 11 without an additional license.
  1 12    2.  A person who installs passenger=carrying components,
  1 13 cargo=carrying components, or work=performing components on a
  1 14 new motor vehicle, or who installs readily attachable
  1 15 equipment on a motor vehicle, to bring the motor vehicle into
  1 16 compliance with federal motor vehicle safety standards
  1 17 referred to in 49 C.F.R. } 568.1, is not required to be
  1 18 licensed as a manufacturer.  As used in the subsection, "motor
  1 19 vehicle" means a motor vehicle as defined in section 321.1
  1 20 which will be subject to registration when the manufacturer's
  1 21 label required under section 321.30, subsection 2, is affixed
  1 22 to the motor vehicle.
  1 23                           EXPLANATION
  1 24    This bill provides that certain persons who install
  1 25 passenger=carrying, cargo=carrying, or work=performing
  1 26 components on a new motor vehicle, or who install readily
  1 27 attachable equipment on a motor vehicle, to bring the motor
  1 28 vehicle into compliance with federal motor vehicle safety
  1 29 standards are not required to be licensed as motor vehicle
  1 30 manufacturers.  The bill defines "motor vehicle" to specify
  1 31 that a motor vehicle referred to in the bill is a motor
  1 32 vehicle which, once the manufacturer's certification label is
  1 33 affixed, will be subject to registration under Code chapter
  1 34 321.
  1 35 LSB 6456HC 82
  2  1 dea/nh/8