HF 2051 (LSB 5692HH (2) 85)

HOUSE FILE 2051

BY  FISHER

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the maximum weight of motor vehicles covered under the lemon law and including applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 322G.2, subsection 13, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:
   13.  “Motor vehicle” means a self-propelled vehicle purchased or leased in this state, except as provided in section 322G.15, and primarily designed for the transportation of persons or property over public streets and highways, but does not include mopeds, motorcycles, motor homes, or vehicles over ten fifteen thousand pounds gross vehicle weight rating.
    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to motor vehicles originally purchased or leased by consumers on or after July 1, 2014.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill changes the definition of “motor vehicle” for purposes of Code chapter 322G, Iowa’s “lemon law” relating to defective motor vehicles. Currently, the law applies to motor vehicles primarily designed for the transportation of persons or property, other than mopeds, motorcycles, motor homes, or vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of more than 10,000 pounds. The bill raises the upper weight limit for vehicles covered under the lemon law to 15,000 pounds.
   The bill applies to motor vehicles originally purchased or leased by consumers on or after July 1, 2014.