HF 2069 (LSB 5726YH (3) 89)

HOUSE FILE 2069

BY  FISHER and MOMMSEN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the registration requirements for certain vessels and the use of registration fees, and making penalties applicable.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 462A.5, subsection 3, paragraph a, subparagraph (1), Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  For vessels of any length without motor or sail, twelve twenty dollars.
    Sec. 2.  Section 462A.6, subsection 7, paragraph b, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  Conventional design canoes and kayak type vessels, thirteen ten feet or less in length.
    Sec. 3.  Section 462A.52, subsection 1, Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A county recorder shall remit to the commission all fees collected by the recorder through a process determined by the department. All fees collected for the registration of vessels shall be forwarded by the commission to the treasurer of the state, who shall place the money in the state fish and game protection fund. The money so collected is appropriated to the commission solely for water trail development and maintenance and the administration and enforcement of navigation laws and water safety.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to registration requirements for certain vessels. Under current law, vessels of any length without a motor shall pay to a county recorder a registration fee of $12 in order for the vessel to be issued an identification number. A vessel may not be used on the waters of this state that are under the jurisdiction of the natural resource commission (NRC) without an identification number. Current law exempts conventional design canoes and kayak type vessels that are 13 feet or less in length from the numbering and registration requirements.
   The bill increases the registration fee for vessels of any length without a motor to $20. Additionally, the bill lowers the length for which canoe and kayak type vessels may be exempt from numbering and registration requirements to 10 feet or less.
   A person who uses a canoe or kayak type vessel more than 10 feet in length on waters under NRC’s jurisdiction without registering the vessel as required by the bill shall be punished by a scheduled fine of $30.
   Under current law, fees collected for the registration of vessels are forwarded by NRC to the treasurer of state for deposit in the state fish and game protection fund. Such moneys are appropriated to NRC solely for the administration and enforcement of navigation laws and water safety. The bill authorizes the moneys to also be appropriated for water trail development and maintenance.