Senate File 2035 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2035 BY DANDEKAR and OLIVE A BILL FOR An Act relating to the registration of antique motor vehicles 1 and providing a fee. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5051SS (8) 83 dea/nh
S.F. 2035 Section 1. Section 321.112, Code 2009, is amended to read 1 as follows: 2 321.112 Minimum motor vehicle fee. 3 No motor vehicle, except as provided in section sections 4 321.115 and 321.117, shall be registered for a registration 5 year for less than ten dollars. 6 Sec. 2. Section 321.115, subsection 1, paragraphs a through 7 b, Code 2009, are amended to read as follows: 8 a. A motor vehicle twenty-five years old or older may be 9 registered as an antique vehicle. The Except as provided in 10 paragraph “b” , the annual registration fee is the fee provided 11 in section 321.113, 321.122, or 321.124. 12 b. The owner of a motor truck, truck tractor, road tractor, 13 or motor home vehicle that is twenty-five years old or older 14 who desires to use the vehicle exclusively for exhibition or 15 educational purposes at state or county fairs, or at other 16 places where the vehicle may be exhibited for entertainment or 17 educational purposes, may register the vehicle as a “limited 18 use” vehicle in accordance with sections 321.58 through 321.62 . 19 The “limited use” registration limited use antique vehicle 20 for an annual fee of five dollars. Registration under this 21 paragraph permits driving of the vehicle upon the public 22 roads to and from state and county fairs or other places of 23 entertainment or education for exhibition or educational 24 purposes , and to and from service stations for the purpose 25 of receiving necessary maintenance, or for the purposes of 26 transporting, testing, demonstrating, or selling the vehicle , 27 or for other occasional use . For purposes of this paragraph, 28 “other occasional use” means driving of the vehicle for not more 29 than a total of one thousand miles annually. 30 EXPLANATION 31 Currently, if a motor vehicle is 25 years old or older, 32 the owner may register the vehicle as an antique vehicle, 33 subject to the regular registration fees for the vehicle. The 34 registration entitles the owner to display authentic model year 35 -1- LSB 5051SS (8) 83 dea/nh 1/ 2
S.F. 2035 registration plates from the model year of the vehicle. If the 1 vehicle is a motor truck, truck tractor, road tractor, or motor 2 home that is used exclusively for exhibition or educational 3 purposes, the owner may apply for a limited use registration 4 subject to a fee of $70 for a two-year certificate and $40 for 5 a set of registration plates valid for the two-year period. 6 The limited use registration allows the display of model year 7 registration plates and also permits driving to and from state 8 and county fairs and other places for exhibition and education 9 purposes and to and from service stations, or for purposes of 10 transporting, testing, demonstrating, or selling the vehicle. 11 This bill allows the owner of any antique motor vehicle 12 the option of registering the vehicle as a limited use 13 antique vehicle for an annual fee of $5. The bill adds “other 14 occasional use” to the purposes for which a limited use antique 15 vehicle may be driven, and defines “other occasional use” to 16 mean driving not more than 1,000 miles annually. 17 -2- LSB 5051SS (8) 83 dea/nh 2/ 2