Senate File 2187 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  DANIELSON


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the registration fee for certain motor
  2    vehicles owned or used by a person with a disability or a
  3    person who uses a wheelchair.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5888SS 82
  6 dea/nh/14

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 motor
  1  4 vehicle, other than a motor truck, motor home, ambulance,
  1  5 hearse, motorcycle, or motorized bicycle, with permanently
  1  6 installed equipment manufactured for and necessary to assist a
  1  7 person with a disability who is either the owner or a member
  1  8 of the owner's household in entry and exit of the vehicle or
  1  9 for a multipurpose such a motor vehicle if the vehicle's owner
  1 10 or a member of the vehicle owner's household uses a wheelchair
  1 11 as the only means of mobility shall be sixty dollars.  For
  1 12 purposes of this paragraph, "uses a wheelchair" does not
  1 13 include use of a wheelchair due to a temporary injury or
  1 14 medical condition.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16    This bill provides an annual registration rate of $60 for a
  1 17 motor vehicle with permanently installed equipment necessary
  1 18 to assist a person with a disability who is the owner of the
  1 19 vehicle or a member of the owner's household to enter or exit
  1 20 the vehicle.  The $60 registration fee also applies for a
  1 21 vehicle if the owner or a member of the owner's household uses
  1 22 a wheelchair as the person's only means of mobility.  Under
  1 23 the bill, the reduced fee applies only to passenger vehicles
  1 24 which are otherwise subject to registration fees based on the
  1 25 weight and value of the vehicle.  The reduced fee does not
  1 26 apply to motor trucks, motor homes, or other vehicles not
  1 27 subject to the weight=and=value formula.  The $60 fee is not
  1 28 subject to reduction as the vehicle ages.
  1 29    Currently, this $60 registration fee is only available for
  1 30 multipurpose vehicles equipped for a person with a disability
  1 31 or used by a person who relies on a wheelchair.
  1 32 LSB 5888SS 82
  1 33 dea/nh/14