House File 347 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  HORBACH


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                 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

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  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