House File 2053 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2053 BY HALL A BILL FOR An Act relating to the registration and titling of a motor 1 vehicle transferred to a community action agency for 2 donation to a needy individual. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5062YH (3) 85 dea/nh

H.F. 2053 Section 1. Section 321.18, Code 2014, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 10. A motor vehicle transferred to a 3 community action agency for donation to a needy individual, 4 if no consideration is involved in either transaction. Upon 5 application, the department shall issue a registration 6 receipt and registration plates for the motor vehicle at no 7 charge, allowing the vehicle to be driven only for purposes of 8 maintenance and repair and to demonstrate the motor vehicle 9 to the eventual donee. For purposes of this subsection, 10 “community action agency” means the same as defined in section 11 216A.91. 12 Sec. 2. Section 321.46, subsection 2, Code 2014, is amended 13 to read as follows: 14 2. Upon filing the application for a new registration and 15 a new title, the applicant shall pay a title fee of twenty 16 dollars, an annual registration fee prorated for the remaining 17 unexpired months of the registration year, and a fee for new 18 registration if applicable. A manufacturer applying for a 19 certificate of title pursuant to section 322G.12 shall pay a 20 title fee of ten dollars. However, a title fee shall not be 21 charged to a manufactured or mobile home retailer applying for 22 a certificate of title for a used mobile home or manufactured 23 home, titled in Iowa, as required under section 321.45, 24 subsection 4 , or to a community action agency applying for 25 a certificate of title for a motor vehicle that is exempt 26 from registration pursuant to section 321.18, subsection 10 . 27 The county treasurer, if satisfied of the genuineness and 28 regularity of the application, and in the case of a mobile 29 home or manufactured home, that taxes are not owing under 30 chapter 435 , and that applicant has complied with all the 31 requirements of this chapter , shall issue a new certificate 32 of title and, except for a mobile home, manufactured home, 33 or a vehicle returned to and accepted by a manufacturer as 34 described in section 322G.12 , a registration card to the 35 -1- LSB 5062YH (3) 85 dea/nh 1/ 2

H.F. 2053 purchaser or transferee, shall cancel the prior registration 1 for the vehicle, and shall forward the necessary copies to the 2 department on the date of issuance, as prescribed in section 3 321.24 . Mobile homes or manufactured homes titled under 4 chapter 448 that have been subject under section 446.18 to a 5 public bidder sale in a county shall be titled in the county’s 6 name, with no fee, and the county treasurer shall issue the 7 title. 8 EXPLANATION 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 11 This bill provides an exemption from motor vehicle 12 registration requirements for a motor vehicle transferred to 13 a community action agency for donation to a needy individual. 14 As a result of the exemption from registration, the vehicle 15 would also be exempt from the fee for new registration. The 16 community action agency may obtain a registration receipt and 17 registration plates for the vehicle at no charge, for the 18 limited purposes of driving the vehicle for maintenance or 19 repair or to demonstrate the vehicle to the donee. 20 Pursuant to current law, a community action agency 21 that accepts a donated vehicle would have to obtain a new 22 certificate of title for the vehicle. However, the bill 23 exempts such a community action agency from the payment of the 24 usual $20 title fee. 25 -2- LSB 5062YH (3) 85 dea/nh 2/ 2