House File 347 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY HORBACH Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act allowing regional transit systems to acquire used motor 2 vehicles from the department of administrative services. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2037YH 83 5 ec/nh/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 8A.362, subsection 6, Code 2009, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 6. a. All used motor vehicles turned in to the director 1 4 shall be disposed of by public auction, and the sales shall be 1 5 advertised in a newspaper of general circulation one week in 1 6 advance of sale, and the receipts from the sale shall be 1 7 deposited in the depreciation fund to the credit of the state 1 8 agency turning in the vehicle; except that, in the case of a 1 9 used motor vehicle of special design, the director may, 1 10 instead of selling it at public auction, authorize the motor 1 11 vehicle to be traded for another vehicle of similar design. 1 12 If a vehicle sustains damage and the cost to repair exceeds 1 13 the wholesale value of the vehicle, the director may dispose 1 14 of the motor vehicle by obtaining two or more written salvage 1 15 bids and the vehicle shall be sold to the highest responsible 1 16 bidder. 1 17 b. Notwithstanding any provision of this subsection to the 1 18 contrary and prior to disposing of a used motor vehicle by 1 19 public auction, the director shall allow a regional transit 1 20 system, as defined in section 324A.1, to select the motor 1 21 vehicle at no cost for use in transporting individuals. The 1 22 director shall establish a process by which regional transit 1 23 systems may request and select a used motor vehicle. 1 24 EXPLANATION 1 25 This bill provides that prior to disposing of used vehicles 1 26 by public auction, the director of the department of 1 27 administrative services shall allow a regional transit system 1 28 to select the motor vehicle at no cost for use in transporting 1 29 individuals. The bill provides that the director of the 1 30 department of administrative services shall establish a 1 31 process by which regional transit systems may request and 1 32 select a used motor vehicle. 1 33 LSB 2037YH 83 1 34 ec/nh/5