Senate
File
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
73
BY
DANIELSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
the
issuance
of
special
electric
vehicle
1
registration
plates,
establishing
fees,
and
including
2
effective
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
321.34,
Code
2013,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
27.
Electric
vehicle
plates.
3
a.
The
owner
of
a
motor
vehicle
that
operates
on
an
electric
4
propulsion
system
or
on
a
combination
of
an
electric
propulsion
5
system
and
an
internal
combustion
propulsion
system
may,
6
upon
written
application
to
the
department,
order
special
7
registration
plates
with
an
electric
vehicle
emblem.
The
8
emblem
shall
be
designed
by
the
department
in
consultation
with
9
the
department
of
public
safety.
10
b.
Electric
vehicle
plates
shall
be
issued
as
provided
11
in
subsection
12.
The
special
plate
fees
collected
by
the
12
director
under
subsection
12,
paragraphs
“a”
and
“c”
,
from
the
13
issuance
and
annual
validation
of
letter-number
designated
and
14
personalized
electric
vehicle
plates
shall
be
paid
monthly
to
15
the
treasurer
of
state
and
deposited
in
the
road
use
tax
fund.
16
c.
When
the
owner
of
a
motor
vehicle
with
electric
vehicle
17
plates
transfers
or
assigns
ownership
of
the
vehicle
to
another
18
person,
the
owner
shall
remove
the
electric
vehicle
plates
19
from
the
vehicle.
The
owner
shall
forward
the
plates
to
the
20
county
treasurer
where
the
motor
vehicle
is
registered
or
the
21
owner
may
have
the
plates
assigned
to
another
motor
vehicle
22
that
meets
the
requirements
under
paragraph
“a”
.
Electric
23
vehicle
registration
plates
shall
not
be
assigned
to
another
24
motor
vehicle
unless
the
motor
vehicle
operates
on
an
electric
25
propulsion
system
or
on
a
combination
of
an
electric
propulsion
26
system
and
an
internal
combustion
propulsion
system.
27
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act
takes
effect
January
1,
28
2014.
29
EXPLANATION
30
This
bill
directs
the
department
of
transportation
to
issue
31
a
new
special
motor
vehicle
registration
plate
bearing
an
32
electric
vehicle
emblem,
to
be
designed
by
the
department
in
33
consultation
with
the
department
of
public
safety.
The
special
34
electric
vehicle
plates
will
be
available
only
for
motor
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vehicles
that
operate
on
an
electric
propulsion
system
or
on
1
a
combination
of
electric
propulsion
and
internal
combustion
2
propulsion.
The
fees
for
electric
vehicle
plates
are
the
3
standard
fees
established
for
special
registration
plates.
The
4
fee
for
issuance
of
the
special
plates
is
$25.
An
applicant
5
for
personalized
special
plates
must
pay
the
$25
personalized
6
plate
fee
in
addition
to
the
$25
special
plate
fee.
The
7
special
plate
renewal
fee
is
$5,
in
addition
to
the
annual
8
vehicle
registration
fee.
For
renewal
of
personalized
special
9
plates,
a
$5
personalized
plate
renewal
fee
applies
in
addition
10
to
the
$5
special
plate
fee
and
the
annual
registration
fee.
11
All
fees
for
electric
vehicle
plates
are
to
deposited
in
the
12
road
use
tax
fund.
13
Under
current
law,
when
the
owner
of
a
vehicle
transfers
or
14
assigns
ownership
of
the
vehicle
to
another
person,
the
owner
15
may
have
the
plates
assigned
to
another
vehicle.
Under
the
16
bill,
electric
vehicle
plates
shall
not
be
assigned
to
another
17
motor
vehicle
unless
the
motor
vehicle
operates
on
an
electric
18
propulsion
system
or
on
a
combination
of
electric
propulsion
19
and
internal
combustion
propulsion.
20
The
bill
takes
effect
January
1,
2014.
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