HF 110 (LSB 1859YH (1) 86)

HOUSE FILE 110

BY  BYRNES

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the display of registration plates on certain motor vehicles with front bumpers which are low to the ground.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 321.37, subsection 2, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Registration plates issued for a A motor vehicle which is model year 1948 or older, and is reconstructed or specially constructed vehicles built to resemble a model year 1948 vehicle or older, or which was originally manufactured with a front bumper that sits twenty-four inches from the ground or less, other than a truck registered for more than five tons, a motorcycle, or a truck tractor, may display one registration plate on the rear of the vehicle if the other registration plate issued to the vehicle is carried in the vehicle at all times when the vehicle is operated on a public highway.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Generally, a motor vehicle is required to display two registration plates, with one on the front of the vehicle and one on the rear of the vehicle. Current law allows motor vehicles which are model year 1948 or older, or are reconstructed or specially constructed to resemble a model year 1948 vehicle or older, to display only one registration plate on the rear of the vehicle if the other registration plate issued to the vehicle is carried in the vehicle at all times when the vehicle is operated on a public highway.
   This bill broadens that exception to include any motor vehicle originally manufactured with a front bumper that sits 24 inches from the ground or less. 
   The scheduled fine for incorrect display of registration plates in violation of Code section 321.37 is $20.