Senate File 2186 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  DANIELSON


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the display of a rear registration plate and
  2    a front window decal on certain low=profile motor vehicles and
  3    establishing a fee.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5887SS 82
  6 dea/nh/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.34, subsection 1, Code Supplement
  1  2 2007, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  LOW=PROFILE VEHICLE DECALS.  Upon
  1  4 application and payment of the proper fees, the director may
  1  5 issue one set of registration plates and one registration
  1  6 decal to the owner of an eligible low=profile motor vehicle.
  1  7 The decal may be displayed on the front window of the motor
  1  8 vehicle in lieu of a registration plate on the front of the
  1  9 vehicle, provided that the unused registration plate is
  1 10 carried in the vehicle at all times when the vehicle is
  1 11 operated on a public highway.  The fee for a registration
  1 12 decal is ten dollars.  The department shall adopt rules
  1 13 specifying by make and model the vehicles eligible for a
  1 14 registration decal and providing for proper placement of the
  1 15 decal.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17    This bill authorizes the department of transportation to
  1 18 issue a registration decal along with a set of registration
  1 19 plates for certain low=profile motor vehicles.  The decal may
  1 20 be displayed on the front window of the vehicle in lieu of the
  1 21 registration plate provided for the front of the vehicle.  The
  1 22 unused registration plate must be carried in the vehicle at
  1 23 all times when the vehicle is operated on a public highway.
  1 24 Requirements for the display of a rear registration plate and
  1 25 annual validation stickers are not altered by the bill.
  1 26    The bill establishes a $10 fee for a registration decal.
  1 27 The department of transportation is required to adopt rules
  1 28 specifying by make and model the vehicles eligible for a
  1 29 registration decal and prescribing proper placement of the
  1 30 decal.
  1 31 LSB 5887SS 82
  1 32 dea/nh/24