Senate File 48 - Introduced SENATE FILE 48 BY DANDEKAR A BILL FOR An Act relating to the registration of certain antique motor 1 vehicles and providing a fee. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1473XS (5) 84 dea/nh
S.F. 48 Section 1. Section 321.115, Code 2011, is amended to read 1 as follows: 2 321.115 Antique vehicles —— model year plates permitted. 3 1. a. Antique vehicles —— regular registration. A motor 4 vehicle twenty-five years old or older may be registered as 5 an antique vehicle. The annual registration fee is the fee 6 provided in section 321.113 , 321.122 , or 321.124 . 7 b. Limited use antique vehicles. The owner of a motor 8 truck, truck tractor, road tractor, or motor home that is 9 twenty-five years old or older who desires to use the vehicle 10 exclusively for exhibition or educational purposes at state 11 or county fairs, or at other places where the vehicle may 12 be exhibited for entertainment or educational purposes, may 13 register the vehicle as a “limited use” vehicle in accordance 14 with sections 321.58 through 321.62 . The “limited use” 15 registration under this paragraph permits driving of the 16 vehicle upon the public roads to and from state and county 17 fairs or other places of entertainment or education for 18 exhibition or educational purposes and to and from service 19 stations for the purpose of receiving necessary maintenance, 20 or for the purposes of transporting, testing, demonstrating, 21 or selling the vehicle. 22 c. Limited mileage antique vehicles. The owner of a 1964 23 model year or older motor vehicle may register the vehicle as a 24 “limited mileage” antique vehicle for an annual registration 25 fee of ten dollars. The “limited mileage” registration under 26 this paragraph permits driving of the vehicle not more than 27 two thousand five hundred miles annually. The application for 28 registration under this paragraph shall be accompanied by a 29 certification by the owner, made in a manner prescribed by the 30 department, declaring that the vehicle will not be driven more 31 than two thousand five hundred miles during the registration 32 year. 33 c. d. Model year registration plates. 34 (1) The owner of a motor vehicle registered under this 35 -1- LSB 1473XS (5) 84 dea/nh 1/ 3
S.F. 48 subsection paragraph “a” , “b” , or “c” may display authentic Iowa 1 registration plates from the model year of the motor vehicle, 2 furnished by the person and approved by the department, in 3 lieu of the current and valid Iowa registration plates issued 4 for the vehicle, provided that the current and valid Iowa 5 registration plates and the registration card issued for the 6 vehicle are simultaneously carried within the vehicle and 7 are available for inspection to any peace officer upon the 8 officer’s request. 9 (2) The owner of a motor vehicle registered under paragraph 10 “b” or “c” may display authentic Iowa registration plates from 11 the model year of the motor vehicle, furnished by the person 12 and approved by the department to serve as the vehicle’s 13 regular registration plates. The model year plates shall be 14 registered with the department as the current and valid Iowa 15 registration plates for the vehicle. 16 (3) The department may adopt rules as necessary to implement 17 this lettered paragraph. 18 2. The sale of a motor vehicle twenty years old or older 19 which is primarily of value as a collector’s item and not as 20 transportation is not subject to chapter 322 , and any person 21 may sell such a vehicle at retail without a license as required 22 under chapter 322 . 23 3. Truck tractors and semitrailers used in combination 24 for exhibition and educational purposes may be registered and 25 driven according to the provisions of subsection 1 . Truck 26 tractors and semitrailers registered under this section shall 27 not be used to haul loads. 28 4. A person convicted of a violation of this section is 29 guilty of a simple misdemeanor punishable as a scheduled 30 violation under section 805.8A, subsection 2 . 31 EXPLANATION 32 Currently, if a motor vehicle is 25 years old or older, 33 the owner may register the vehicle as an antique vehicle, 34 subject to the regular registration fees for the vehicle. If 35 -2- LSB 1473XS (5) 84 dea/nh 2/ 3
S.F. 48 the vehicle is a motor truck, truck tractor, road tractor, 1 or motor home that is used exclusively for exhibition or 2 educational purposes, the owner may apply for a “limited 3 use” registration subject to a fee of $70 for a two-year 4 certificate and $40 for a set of registration plates valid for 5 the two-year period. An antique vehicle registered for limited 6 use may only be driven to and from state and county fairs and 7 other places for exhibition and education purposes and to 8 and from service stations, or for purposes of transporting, 9 testing, demonstrating, or selling the vehicle. Either antique 10 vehicle registration entitles the owner to display authentic 11 registration plates from the model year of the vehicle, 12 furnished by the owner and approved by the department of 13 transportation, in lieu of the regular registration plates 14 issued for the vehicle, provided the regular registration card 15 and plates are carried in the vehicle. 16 This bill establishes another antique vehicle category, the 17 “limited mileage” antique vehicle. A motor vehicle that is 18 model year 1964 or older may be registered as a limited mileage 19 antique vehicle for an annual fee of $10. The vehicle may not 20 be driven more than 2,500 miles per year, and the owner must 21 certify with the annual application for registration that the 22 mileage limit will be observed. 23 The bill also allows the owner of a “limited use” or 24 a “limited mileage” antique vehicle to display authentic 25 model year registration plates that are registered with the 26 department as the current and valid registration plates for 27 the vehicle. The model year plates must be furnished by the 28 owner and approved by the department to serve as the vehicle’s 29 regular registration plates. 30 -3- LSB 1473XS (5) 84 dea/nh 3/ 3