House Study Bill 188 



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            TRANSPORTATION BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON QUIRK)


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the issuance of restricted motor vehicle
  2    dealer licenses.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2221HC 83
  5 dea/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 322.7, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  The department may issue a restricted
  1  4 motor vehicle dealer license permitting and limiting the sale
  1  5 of motor vehicles as provided in a general plan submitted
  1  6 pursuant to section 322.4, subsection 1, paragraph "f",
  1  7 detailing the limited purpose for which the applicant desires
  1  8 to be licensed and the proposed method of doing business.  The
  1  9 following persons are eligible to apply for a restricted
  1 10 license under this subsection:
  1 11    a.  A person who rebuilds new completed motor vehicles by
  1 12 fabricating, altering, adding, or replacing essential parts,
  1 13 components, or equipment for the purpose of building an
  1 14 ambulance, rescue vehicle, fire vehicle, or towing or recovery
  1 15 vehicle as defined in chapter 321.  The license shall be
  1 16 restricted to sales of new motor vehicles of the make and
  1 17 model rebuilt without written authorization from the
  1 18 manufacturer.
  1 19    b.  A person who installs cranes, hook loaders, buckets,
  1 20 aerial ladders, tanks, or special equipment on new completed
  1 21 motor trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating of fourteen
  1 22 thousand five hundred pounds or more.  The license shall be
  1 23 restricted to sales of new motor vehicles of the make and
  1 24 model on which the equipment is installed without written
  1 25 authorization from the manufacturer.
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27    This bill authorizes the department of transportation to
  1 28 issue a restricted motor vehicle dealer license to a person
  1 29 who makes certain modifications to new completed motor
  1 30 vehicles.  The license would be available to persons who
  1 31 rebuild ambulances, rescue vehicles, fire vehicles, or towing
  1 32 or recovery vehicles and would be restricted to sales of new
  1 33 motor vehicles of the make and model rebuilt without written
  1 34 authorization from the original manufacturer.  The license
  1 35 would also be available to persons who install cranes, hook
  2  1 loaders, buckets, aerial ladders, tanks, or special equipment
  2  2 on new completed motor trucks with a gross vehicle weight
  2  3 rating of 14,500 pounds or more and would be restricted to
  2  4 sales of new motor vehicles of the make and model on which the
  2  5 equipment is installed without written authorization from the
  2  6 original manufacturer.
  2  7    The bill requires an applicant for a restricted license to
  2  8 submit a general plan with the application for licensure
  2  9 detailing the proposed use of the license and the business
  2 10 plan the person intends to follow.  The issuance of a
  2 11 restricted license is at the discretion of the department
  2 12 under the bill.
  2 13 LSB 2221HC 83
  2 14 dea/nh/8