SENATE FILE 192

BY  COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1079)

(As Amended and Passed by the Senate 2011-03-23)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to snowmobile registration and permit fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  Section 321G.4, subsection 2, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  The owner of the snowmobile shall file an application for registration with the department through a county recorder in the manner established by the commission. The application shall be completed by the owner and shall be accompanied by a fee of fifteen thirty dollars and a writing fee as provided in section 321G.27. A snowmobile shall not be registered by the county recorder until the county recorder is presented with receipts, bills of sale, or other satisfactory evidence that the sales or use tax has been paid for the purchase of the snowmobile or that the owner is exempt from paying the tax. A snowmobile that has an expired registration certificate from another state may be registered in this state upon proper application, payment of all applicable registration and writing fees, and payment of a penalty of five dollars.
   Sec. 2.  Section 321G.4A, subsection 2, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  A county recorder or a license agent designated by the director pursuant to section 483A.11 may issue user permits. The fee for a user permit shall be fifteen thirty dollars plus an administrative fee established by the commission. A county recorder or a license agent shall retain a writing fee from the sale of each user permit as provided in section 321G.27.
   Sec. 3.  Section 321G.6, subsections 1 and 4, Code 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  Every snowmobile registration certificate and registration decal issued expires at midnight December 31 unless sooner terminated or discontinued in accordance with this chapter or rules of the commission. After the first day of September each year, an unregistered snowmobile may be registered and a registration may be renewed in one transaction. The fee is five dollars for the remainder of the current year, in addition to the registration fee of fifteen thirty dollars for the subsequent year beginning January 1, and a writing fee as provided in section 321G.27.
   4.  A county recorder or a license agent designated by the director pursuant to section 483A.11 may issue snowmobile registration renewals electronically pursuant to rules adopted by the commission. The fee for a registration renewal issued using an electronic system is fifteen thirty dollars plus an administrative fee established by the commission and a writing fee as provided in section 321G.27.
   Sec. 4.  Section 321G.7, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  Notwithstanding subsection 2, any increase in revenue received on or after July 1, 2011, pursuant to this section as a result of fee increases pursuant to this Act, shall not be used for salaries or other administrative costs of the department.