Senate File 469 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION (SUCCESSOR TO SF 80) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing for the sale of motor homes by a manufacturer at 2 a camping rally sponsored by the manufacturer. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1367SV 82 5 dea/gg/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.18, Code 2007, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 9. A new class A motor home purchased by 1 4 a nonresident at a rally in this state pursuant to section 1 5 322E.1, which is driven on a highway solely for the purpose of 1 6 removing the motor home from the state. 1 7 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 322E.1 MOTOR HOME MANUFACTURER'S 1 8 CLUB RALLY == RETAIL SALES OF CLASS A MOTOR HOMES. 1 9 1. Notwithstanding chapter 322, a manufacturer of class A 1 10 motor homes licensed under chapter 322 that sponsors a club 1 11 composed of owners of motor homes manufactured by the 1 12 manufacturer may display and sell new class A motor homes 1 13 manufactured by the manufacturer at a rally of those club 1 14 members if all of the following conditions apply: 1 15 a. The rally is sponsored by the manufacturer. 1 16 b. The rally is held on the grounds of a county fair as 1 17 described in chapter 174. 1 18 c. The manufacturer conducts no more than one rally 1 19 annually in this state. 1 20 d. The rally is conducted for a single period of not more 1 21 than five consecutive days. 1 22 e. The rally is not open to the public. 1 23 f. Attendance at the rally is restricted to bona fide 1 24 members of the club sponsored by the manufacturer and the 1 25 members' immediate families. 1 26 g. Persons who attend the rally camp on the fairgrounds 1 27 where the rally is held in their respective motor homes 1 28 manufactured by the manufacturer conducting the rally. 1 29 h. Sales of class A motor homes are made by the 1 30 manufacturer only to attendees of the rally who meet the 1 31 requirements of paragraphs "f" and "g". 1 32 2. An Iowa certificate of title and registration shall not 1 33 be issued for a class A motor home sold by a manufacturer at a 1 34 rally pursuant to this section. 1 35 3. A class A motor home sold by a manufacturer at a rally 2 1 pursuant to this section may be operated or moved on the 2 2 highways of this state only for the purpose of removing the 2 3 motor home from the state, as provided in section 321.18, 2 4 subsection 9. 2 5 EXPLANATION 2 6 This bill allows a manufacturer of motor homes that is 2 7 licensed in this state to display and sell its new class A 2 8 motor homes at a camping rally conducted by the manufacturer 2 9 for members of a club composed of owners of motor homes 2 10 manufactured by the manufacturer. The manufacturer may 2 11 conduct no more than one such rally per year in this state, 2 12 the rally is not open to the public, and attendance is 2 13 restricted to club members and their immediate families. The 2 14 rally must be held on the grounds of a county fair, and the 2 15 attendees must camp on the fairgrounds in their motor homes 2 16 manufactured by the manufacturer. The period of the rally is 2 17 limited to five consecutive days and during that time, the 2 18 manufacturer may sell its new class A motor homes only to 2 19 members of the club who are attending the rally. 2 20 The bill specifies that a motor home sold at such a camping 2 21 rally shall not be titled or registered in Iowa, but the motor 2 22 home may be operated on a highway solely for the purpose of 2 23 removing it from the state. The provisions of Code chapter 2 24 322 governing motor vehicle dealers and retail sales of motor 2 25 vehicles are not applicable to motor home sales at 2 26 manufacturer=sponsored camping rallies. 2 27 LSB 1367SV 82 2 28 dea:nh/gg/14