HF 2075 (LSB 5781YH (2) 91)

HOUSE FILE 2075

BY  BARKER

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the operation of mini-trucks on highways, and making penalties applicable.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  321.275A  Mini-trucks.
   1.  A person shall not operate a mini-truck on a highway with a speed limit greater than fifty-five miles per hour. However, this subsection does not prohibit a person operating a mini-truck from crossing a highway with a speed limit greater than fifty-five miles per hour at an intersection.
   2.  Notwithstanding section 321.115, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, a mini-truck shall not be registered as an antique vehicle.
   3.  For purposes of this section, “mini-truck” means a motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property and having four wheels, an engine displacement of six hundred sixty cubic centimeters or less, an overall length of one hundred thirty inches or less, an overall height of seventy-eight inches or less, and an overall width of sixty inches or less.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill prohibits a person from operating a mini-truck on a highway with a speed limit greater than 55 miles per hour, other than when crossing at an intersection. The bill also prohibits a mini-truck from being registered as an antique vehicle. As used in the bill, a “mini-truck” is a motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property and having four wheels, an engine displacement of 660 cubic centimeters or less, an overall length of 130 inches or less, an overall height of 78 inches or less, and an overall width of 60 inches or less.
   By operation of law, a person who violates the bill commits a simple misdemeanor. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by confinement for no more than 30 days and a fine of at least $105 but not more than $855.
   Because a mini-truck is defined as a motor vehicle for purposes of Code chapter 321 (motor vehicles and law of the road), a mini-truck operated on a highway is required to be registered and equipped with the parts, lamps, and other equipment in proper condition and adjustment as required for motor vehicles under Code chapter 321.