Senate File 220 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  BOLKCOM


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to lead wheel weights and making penalties
  2    applicable.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1898SS 83
  5 tm/nh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 8A.362, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  10.  In the servicing, repair, or
  1  4 maintenance of a state=owned vehicle, lead wheel weights shall
  1  5 be replaced with wheel weights composed of materials other
  1  6 than lead.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  321.447  LEAD WHEEL WEIGHTS.
  1  8    1.  After December 31, 2010, a person shall not offer for
  1  9 sale in this state a motor vehicle equipped with lead wheel
  1 10 weights.
  1 11    2.  In the servicing, repair, or maintenance of a motor
  1 12 vehicle, lead wheel weights shall not be installed.
  1 13    3.  In the servicing, repair, or maintenance of a motor
  1 14 vehicle, lead wheel weights shall be replaced with wheel
  1 15 weights composed of materials other than lead.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17    This bill relates to lead wheel weights.
  1 18    The bill provides that, in the servicing, repair, or
  1 19 maintenance of state=owned vehicles, lead wheel weights shall
  1 20 be replaced with wheel weights composed of materials other
  1 21 than lead.
  1 22    The bill prohibits, after December 31, 2010, the sale in
  1 23 this state a motor vehicle equipped with lead wheel weights.
  1 24 During the servicing, repair, or maintenance of a motor
  1 25 vehicle, the bill prohibits the installation of lead wheel
  1 26 weights and requires such wheel weights to be replaced with
  1 27 wheel weights composed of materials other than lead.  Pursuant
  1 28 to Code section 321.482, a person violating these provisions
  1 29 is guilty of a simple misdemeanor.  A simple misdemeanor is
  1 30 punishable by confinement for no more than 30 days or a fine
  1 31 of at least $65 but not more than $625 or by both.
  1 32 LSB 1898SS 83
  1 33 tm/nh/8