Senate File 220 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY BOLKCOM Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays 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 PAG LIN 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