HSB 710 (LSB 5411DP (9) 83)

SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BILL)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the regulation of motor vehicles by the department of transportation, including clarification of the definition of business-trade truck and requirements for the issuance of temporary persons with disabilities parking permits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.1, subsection 7A, Code Supplement 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   7A.  “Business-trade truck” means a model year 2010 or newer motor truck with an unladen weight of ten thousand pounds or less which is owned by a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership or by a person who files a schedule C or schedule F form with the federal internal revenue service and which is eligible for depreciation under § 167 of the Internal Revenue Code. If the motor truck is a leased vehicle, the motor truck is a business-trade truck only if the lessee is a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership and the truck is used primarily for purposes of the business operations of the corporation, limited liability company, or partnership or the lessee is a person who files a schedule C or schedule F form with the federal internal revenue service and the truck is used primarily for purposes of the person’s own business or farming operation.
    Sec. 2.  Section 321L.2, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code Supplement 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   A resident of the state with a disability desiring a persons with disabilities parking permit shall apply to the department upon an application form furnished by the department providing the applicant’s full legal name, address, date of birth, and social security number or Iowa driver’s license number or Iowa nonoperator’s identification card number, and shall also provide a statement from a physician licensed under chapter 148 or 149, a physician assistant licensed under chapter 148C, an advanced registered nurse practitioner licensed under chapter 152, or a chiropractor licensed under chapter 151, or a physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or chiropractor licensed to practice in a contiguous state, written on the physician’s, physician assistant’s, nurse practitioner’s, or chiropractor’s stationery, stating the nature of the applicant’s disability and such additional information as required by rules adopted by the department under section 321L.8. If the person is applying for a temporary persons with disabilities parking permit, the physician’s, physician assistant’s, nurse practitioner’s, or chiropractor’s statement shall state the period of time during which the person is expected to be disabled and the period of time for which the permit should be issued, not to exceed six months.  The department may waive the requirement that the applicant furnish the applicant’s social security number, Iowa driver’s license number, or nonoperator’s identification card number when the application for a temporary persons with disabilities parking permit is made on behalf of a person who is less than one year old.
EXPLANATION
   This bill amends the definition of “business-trade truck” to clarify that the term applies only to model year 2010 or newer motor trucks. For purposes of motor vehicle registration fees, a “business-trade truck” is a motor truck with an unladen weight of 10,000 pounds or less which is used for business or farming.
   The bill allows the department of transportation to waive the requirement that an applicant for a persons with disabilities parking permit furnish the applicant’s social security number, driver’s license number, or nonoperator’s identification card number when the application is for a temporary permit and is made on behalf of a person who is less than one year old.