SF 2035 (LSB 5051SS (8) 83)

SENATE FILE 2035

BY  DANDEKAR and OLIVE

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the registration of antique motor vehicles and providing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.112, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   321.112  Minimum motor vehicle fee.

   No motor vehicle, except as provided in section sections 321.115 and 321.117, shall be registered for a registration year for less than ten dollars.
    Sec. 2.  Section 321.115, subsection 1, paragraphs a through b, Code 2009, are amended to read as follows:
   a.  A motor vehicle twenty-five years old or older may be registered as an antique vehicle. The Except as provided in paragraph “b”, the annual registration fee is the fee provided in section 321.113, 321.122, or 321.124.
   b.  The owner of a motor truck, truck tractor, road tractor, or motor home vehicle that is twenty-five years old or older who desires to use the vehicle exclusively for exhibition or educational purposes at state or county fairs, or at other places where the vehicle may be exhibited for entertainment or educational purposes, may register the vehicle as a “limited use” vehicle in accordance with sections 321.58 through 321.62. The “limited use” registration limited use antique vehicle for an annual fee of five dollars. Registration under this paragraph permits driving of the vehicle upon the public roads to and from state and county fairs or other places of entertainment or education for exhibition or educational purposes, and to and from service stations for the purpose of receiving necessary maintenance, or for the purposes of transporting, testing, demonstrating, or selling the vehicle, or for other occasional use.  For purposes of this paragraph, “other occasional use” means driving of the vehicle for not more than a total of one thousand miles annually.
EXPLANATION
   Currently, if a motor vehicle is 25 years old or older, the owner may register the vehicle as an antique vehicle, subject to the regular registration fees for the vehicle. The registration entitles the owner to display authentic model year registration plates from the model year of the vehicle. If the vehicle is a motor truck, truck tractor, road tractor, or motor home that is used exclusively for exhibition or educational purposes, the owner may apply for a limited use registration subject to a fee of $70 for a two-year certificate and $40 for a set of registration plates valid for the two-year period. The limited use registration allows the display of model year registration plates and also permits driving to and from state and county fairs and other places for exhibition and education purposes and to and from service stations, or for purposes of transporting, testing, demonstrating, or selling the vehicle.
   This bill allows the owner of any antique motor vehicle the option of registering the vehicle as a limited use antique vehicle for an annual fee of $5. The bill adds “other occasional use” to the purposes for which a limited use antique vehicle may be driven, and defines “other occasional use” to mean driving not more than 1,000 miles annually.