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 PAG LIN 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, oratruck 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