SF 2131 (LSB 5895XS (3) 83)

SENATE FILE 2131

BY  KIBBIE

A BILL FOR

An Act to authorize the use of motorcycles modified by the addition of stabilizing rear wheels.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.1, subsection 40, paragraph a, Code Supplement 2009, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  (1)  “Motorcycle” means every motor vehicle having a saddle or seat for the use of the rider and designed to travel on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground including a motor scooter but excluding a tractor and a motorized bicycle.
   (2)  “Motorcycle” includes a motorcycle as defined in subparagraph (1) that is originally designed to travel on two wheels but is modified using a conversion kit that adds two stabilizing wheels on the rear of the motorcycle.
EXPLANATION
   This bill amends the definition of “motorcycle” to include a two-wheeled motorcycle that is converted to a four-wheeled vehicle using a conversion kit that adds two stabilizing wheels on the rear of the motorcycle. As a result of the change, Iowa laws concerning the registration and operation of motorcycles that apply to a motorcycle with two wheels also apply to such a motorcycle when it is modified to travel on four wheels by means of a conversion kit.