Senate File 192 - Reprinted SENATE FILE 192 BY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1079) (As Amended and Passed by the Senate March 23, 2011 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to snowmobile registration and permit fees. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 SF 192 (4) 84 dea/nh

S.F. 192 Section 1. Section 321G.4, subsection 2, Code 2011, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. The owner of the snowmobile shall file an application 3 for registration with the department through a county recorder 4 in the manner established by the commission. The application 5 shall be completed by the owner and shall be accompanied by a 6 fee of fifteen thirty dollars and a writing fee as provided 7 in section 321G.27 . A snowmobile shall not be registered by 8 the county recorder until the county recorder is presented 9 with receipts, bills of sale, or other satisfactory evidence 10 that the sales or use tax has been paid for the purchase of 11 the snowmobile or that the owner is exempt from paying the 12 tax. A snowmobile that has an expired registration certificate 13 from another state may be registered in this state upon proper 14 application, payment of all applicable registration and writing 15 fees, and payment of a penalty of five dollars. 16 Sec. 2. Section 321G.4A, subsection 2, Code 2011, is amended 17 to read as follows: 18 2. A county recorder or a license agent designated by the 19 director pursuant to section 483A.11 may issue user permits. 20 The fee for a user permit shall be fifteen thirty dollars plus 21 an administrative fee established by the commission. A county 22 recorder or a license agent shall retain a writing fee from the 23 sale of each user permit as provided in section 321G.27 . 24 Sec. 3. Section 321G.6, subsections 1 and 4, Code 2011, are 25 amended to read as follows: 26 1. Every snowmobile registration certificate and 27 registration decal issued expires at midnight December 31 28 unless sooner terminated or discontinued in accordance with 29 this chapter or rules of the commission. After the first 30 day of September each year, an unregistered snowmobile 31 may be registered and a registration may be renewed in one 32 transaction. The fee is five dollars for the remainder of the 33 current year, in addition to the registration fee of fifteen 34 thirty dollars for the subsequent year beginning January 1, and 35 -1- SF 192 (4) 84 dea/nh 1/ 2

S.F. 192 a writing fee as provided in section 321G.27 . 1 4. A county recorder or a license agent designated by the 2 director pursuant to section 483A.11 may issue snowmobile 3 registration renewals electronically pursuant to rules adopted 4 by the commission. The fee for a registration renewal issued 5 using an electronic system is fifteen thirty dollars plus an 6 administrative fee established by the commission and a writing 7 fee as provided in section 321G.27 . 8 Sec. 4. Section 321G.7, Code 2011, is amended by adding the 9 following new subsection: 10 NEW SUBSECTION . 3. Notwithstanding subsection 2, any 11 increase in revenue received on or after July 1, 2011, pursuant 12 to this section as a result of fee increases pursuant to this 13 Act, shall not be used for salaries or other administrative 14 costs of the department. 15 -2- SF 192 (4) 84 dea/nh 2/ 2