HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES BILL BY CHAIRPERSON RAYHONS)

A BILL FOR

An Act concerning the definitions of “all-terrain vehicle” and “off-road utility vehicle” for purposes of provisions administered by the department of natural resources. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321I.1, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  “All-terrain vehicle” means a motorized flotation-tire vehicle with not less than three and not more than six low-pressure
 
nonhighway tires that
 
has a width not exceeding fifty inches and is limited in engine displacement to less than one thousand cubic centimeters and in total dry weight to less than one thousand
 
two hundred pounds and that has a seat or saddle designed to be straddled by the operator and handlebars for steering control.
    Sec. 2.  Section 321I.1, subsection 16, paragraph a, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   a.  “Off-road utility vehicle” means a motorized flotation-tire vehicle with not less than four and not more than eight low-pressure
 
nonhighway tires that
 
has a width not exceeding sixty-five inches and is limited in engine displacement to less than one thousand five hundred cubic centimeters and in total dry weight to not more than one
 
two thousand eight hundred pounds and that has a seat that is of bucket or bench design, not intended to be straddled by the operator, and a steering wheel or control levers for control.
EXPLANATION
   This bill revises the definitions of “all-terrain vehicle” and “off-road utility vehicle” for purposes of Code chapter 321I.
   The definition of “all-terrain vehicle” is amended to include vehicles with not less than three and not more than six nonhighway tires. In addition, the revised definition limits the width of all-terrain vehicles to not more than 50 inches, limits the engine displacement to less than 1,000 cubic centimeters, limits the dry weight to less than 1,200 pounds, and omits current requirements for a seat or saddle designed to be straddled by the operator and handlebars for steering control.
   The definition of “off-road utility vehicle” is amended to include vehicles with not less than four and not more than eight nonhighway tires. In addition, the revised definition limits the width of an off-road utility vehicle to not more than 65 inches, limits the engine displacement to less than 1,500 cubic centimeters, limits the total dry weight to not more than 2,000 pounds, and omits current requirements for a bucket or bench seat and a steering wheel or control levers.