HOUSE FILE 2024

BY  ANDERSON

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the registration of antique motor vehicles used for limited purposes, providing a fee, and making penalties applicable.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.112, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   321.112  Minimum motor vehicle fee.
   No motor vehicle, except
 
Except as provided in section
 
sections 321.115 and 321.117,
 
a motor vehicle shall
 
not be registered for a registration year for less than ten dollars.
    Sec. 2.  Section 321.115, subsection 1, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   1.
  a.  A motor vehicle twenty-five years old or older may be registered as an antique vehicle. The
 
as follows:
   (1)  If the owner desires to use the motor vehicle for unlimited travel, the annual registration fee is the fee provided in section 321.113, 321.122, or 321.124.
   b.

(2)  The owner of a motor truck, truck tractor, road tractor, or motor home that is twenty-five years old or older who
 
If the owner desires to use the vehicle exclusively for exhibition or educational purposes at state or county fairs, or at other places where the vehicle may be exhibited for entertainment or educational purposes, may register the vehicle as a “limited use” vehicle in accordance with sections 321.58 through 321.62. The “limited use” registration
 
the annual registration fee is five dollars. Registration under this paragraph
 
subparagraph permits driving of the vehicle upon the public roads to and from state and county fairs or other places of entertainment or education for exhibition or educational purposes and to and from service stations for the purpose of receiving necessary maintenance, or for the purposes of transporting, testing, demonstrating, or selling the vehicle.
   c.

b.  The owner of a motor vehicle registered under this subsection may display authentic Iowa registration plates from the model year of the motor vehicle, furnished by the person and approved by the department, in lieu of the current and valid Iowa registration plates issued for the vehicle, provided that the current and valid Iowa registration plates and the registration card issued for the vehicle are simultaneously carried within the vehicle and are available for inspection to any peace officer upon the officer’s request.
EXPLANATION
   Under current law, a motor vehicle which is 25 years old or older may be registered as an antique vehicle upon payment of the regular annual registration fee for the vehicle. Certain motor trucks, truck tractors, road tractors, and motor homes that are 25 years old or older and used only for exhibition, entertainment, or educational purposes may be registered as “limited use” vehicles, subject to a registration fee of $40 for a two-year period. The registration of a motor vehicle as an antique vehicle allows the owner to display authentic Iowa registration plates from the model year of the motor vehicle.
   This bill eliminates the current “limited use” registration fee for antique motor trucks, truck tractors, road tractors, and motor homes and establishes an annual registration fee of $5 for any motor vehicle that is 25 years old or older and used only for exhibition, entertainment, or educational purposes. The registration only allows driving of the vehicle upon the public roads to and from state and county fairs or other places of entertainment or education for exhibition or educational purposes and to and from service stations for the purpose of receiving necessary maintenance, or for the purposes of transporting, testing, demonstrating, or selling the vehicle.
   The option to register an antique motor vehicle for unlimited travel upon payment of the regular registration fee is retained under the bill.
   Pursuant to current law, a person who violates provisions relating to the registration and operation of antique motor vehicles commits a simple misdemeanor punishable by a scheduled fine of $30.