Senate File 272 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  KAPUCIAN, ZAUN, SEYMOUR,
                                           BEHN, KETTERING, REYNOLDS,
                                           and DANIELSON


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the display of a rear registration plate and
  2    a front window decal on certain low=profile motor vehicles and
  3    establishing a fee.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2312XS 83
  6 dea/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.34, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  LOW=PROFILE VEHICLE DECALS.  Upon
  1  4 application and payment of the proper fees, the director may
  1  5 issue one set of registration plates and one registration
  1  6 decal to the owner of an eligible low=profile motor vehicle.
  1  7 The decal may be displayed on the front window of the motor
  1  8 vehicle in lieu of a registration plate on the front of the
  1  9 vehicle, provided that the unused registration plate is
  1 10 carried in the vehicle at all times when the vehicle is
  1 11 operated on a public highway.  The fee for a registration
  1 12 decal is ten dollars.  The department shall adopt rules
  1 13 specifying by make and model the vehicles eligible for a
  1 14 registration decal and providing for proper placement of the
  1 15 decal.
  1 16    Sec. 2.  Section 321.37, subsection 1, Code 2009, is
  1 17 amended to read as follows:
  1 18    1.  Registration plates issued for a motor vehicle other
  1 19 than a low=profile motor vehicle subject to the requirements
  1 20 of section 321.34, subsection 1A, motorcycle, motorized
  1 21 bicycle, or a truck tractor shall be attached to the motor
  1 22 vehicle, one in the front and the other in the rear.  The
  1 23 registration plate issued for a motorcycle or other vehicle
  1 24 required to be registered hereunder shall be attached to the
  1 25 rear of the vehicle.  The registration plate issued for a
  1 26 truck tractor shall be attached to the front of the truck
  1 27 tractor.  The special plate issued to a dealer shall be
  1 28 attached on the rear of the vehicle when operated on the
  1 29 highways of this state.
  1 30                           EXPLANATION
  1 31    This bill authorizes the department of transportation to
  1 32 issue a registration decal along with a set of registration
  1 33 plates for certain low=profile motor vehicles.  The decal may
  1 34 be displayed on the front window of the vehicle in lieu of the
  1 35 registration plate provided for the front of the vehicle.  The
  2  1 unused registration plate must be carried in the vehicle at
  2  2 all times when the vehicle is operated on a public highway.
  2  3 Requirements for the display of a rear registration plate and
  2  4 annual validation stickers are not altered by the bill.
  2  5    The bill establishes a $10 fee for a registration decal.
  2  6 The department of transportation is required to adopt rules
  2  7 specifying by make and model the vehicles eligible for a
  2  8 registration decal and prescribing proper placement of the
  2  9 decal.
  2 10 LSB 2312XS 83
  2 11 dea/nh/5