House Study Bill 189 



                                       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 an exemption from vehicle recycler licensing
  2    requirements for a person or business operating as a salvage
  3    pool.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1677HC 83
  6 dea/nh/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321H.2, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsections:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  4A.  "Salvage disposal sale" means a
  1  4 scheduled sale, at auction or by private bid, of wrecked or
  1  5 repairable motor vehicles by insurance underwriters or
  1  6 insurance companies, used motor vehicle dealers, or vehicle
  1  7 recyclers to authorized vehicle recyclers.
  1  8    NEW SUBSECTION.  4B.  "Salvage pool" means a person or
  1  9 business that regularly conducts a salvage disposal sale.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 321H.3, subsection 4, Code 2009, is
  1 11 amended to read as follows:
  1 12    4.  Storing vehicles not currently registered or storing
  1 13 damaged vehicles except where such, unless the person is
  1 14 operating as a salvage pool or the storing of damaged vehicles
  1 15 is incidental to the primary purpose of the repair of motor
  1 16 vehicles for others, scrapping, disposing, salvaging or
  1 17 recycling more than six vehicles or parts of more than six
  1 18 vehicles subject to registration under chapter 321 in a
  1 19 calendar year.
  1 20    Sec. 3.  Section 321H.4, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
  1 21 1, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1 22    Upon application and payment of a fee, a person, other than
  1 23 a person operating as a salvage pool, may apply for a license
  1 24 to operate as an authorized vehicle recycler to engage in the
  1 25 business as one or more of the following:
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27    This bill exempts a person or business that operates as a
  1 28 salvage pool from the licensure requirements that apply to
  1 29 vehicle rebuilders and allows a salvage pool to store damaged
  1 30 vehicles and vehicles not currently registered.  The bill
  1 31 defines "salvage pool" as a business or person that regularly
  1 32 conducts a salvage disposal sale.  "Salvage disposal sale" is
  1 33 defined as a scheduled sale, at auction or by private bid, of
  1 34 wrecked or repairable motor vehicles by insurance underwriters
  1 35 or insurance companies, used motor vehicle dealers, or vehicle
  2  1 recyclers to authorized vehicle recyclers.
  2  2 LSB 1677HC 83
  2  3 dea/nh/24