HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON TJEPKES)

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning implementation of a statewide program for electronic registration and titling of vehicles and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 321.20, subsection 2, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Notwithstanding contrary provisions of this chapter or chapter 326 regarding titling and registration by means other than electronic means, the department may develop and implement do all of the following:
   a.  Develop and implement a program for electronic funds transfer for transactions involving vehicles subject to registration.
   b.  Develop a program to allow for electronic applications, titling, and registering, and electronic funds transfer for vehicles subject to registration in order to improve the efficiency and timeliness of the processes and to reduce costs for all parties involved.  The department may implement a pilot project to evaluate the program developed under this paragraph.
   c.  On or after July 1, 2012, the department may implement the program developed pursuant to paragraph“b” on a statewide basis.
   Sec. 2.  2010 Iowa Acts, chapter 1109, section 1, is amended to read as follows:
   SEC. 1.
  ELECTRONIC VEHICLE REGISTRATION AND TITLING —— INTENT.  It is the intent of the general assembly to establish a uniform statewide system to allow electronic transactions for the initial registration and titling of motor vehicles, including electronic applications, electronic issuance of titles, electronic registration, electronic transfer of funds, electronic perfection of liens, and issuance of secure and individually identifiable temporary registration cards, by January 1, 2012.
   Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
   Under current law, the department of transportation is authorized to develop and implement a program to allow for electronic applications, titling, registering, and electronic funds transfer for vehicles subject to registration. This bill allows the department to move forward with the electronic funds transfer element of the program, but temporarily limits the implementation of electronic applications, titling, and registration to a pilot project for purposes of evaluating the program.
   The bill authorizes the department to move forward with a statewide program for electronic applications, titling, and registration on or after July 1, 2012.
   The bill amends language enacted in 2010 which expresses the general assembly’s intent to establish a uniform statewide system for electronic registration and titling by January 1, 2012, by removing the specified date.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.