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House File 2069 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1relating to the registration requirements for certain
2vessels and the use of registration fees, and making
3penalties applicable.
4BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 462A.5, subsection 3, paragraph a,
2subparagraph (1), Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
3(1) For vessels of any length without motor or sail, twelve
4 twenty dollars.
5 Sec. 2. Section 462A.6, subsection 7, paragraph b, Code
62022, is amended to read as follows:
7b. Conventional design canoes and kayak type vessels,
8thirteen ten feet or less in length.
9 Sec. 3. Section 462A.52, subsection 1, Code 2022, is amended
10to read as follows:
111. A county recorder shall remit to the commission all fees
12collected by the recorder through a process determined by the
13department. All fees collected for the registration of vessels
14shall be forwarded by the commission to the treasurer of the
15state, who shall place the money in the state fish and game
16protection fund. The money so collected is appropriated to the
17commission solely for water trail development and maintenance
18and the administration and enforcement of navigation laws and
19water safety.
20EXPLANATION
21The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
22the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
23This bill relates to registration requirements for certain
24vessels. Under current law, vessels of any length without a
25motor shall pay to a county recorder a registration fee of $12
26in order for the vessel to be issued an identification number.
27A vessel may not be used on the waters of this state that are
28under the jurisdiction of the natural resource commission
29(NRC) without an identification number. Current law exempts
30conventional design canoes and kayak type vessels that are 13
31feet or less in length from the numbering and registration
32requirements.
33The bill increases the registration fee for vessels of any
34length without a motor to $20. Additionally, the bill lowers
35the length for which canoe and kayak type vessels may be exempt
-1-1from numbering and registration requirements to 10 feet or
2less.
3A person who uses a canoe or kayak type vessel more than
410 feet in length on waters under NRC’s jurisdiction without
5registering the vessel as required by the bill shall be
6punished by a scheduled fine of $30.
7Under current law, fees collected for the registration of
8vessels are forwarded by NRC to the treasurer of state for
9deposit in the state fish and game protection fund. Such
10moneys are appropriated to NRC solely for the administration
11and enforcement of navigation laws and water safety. The bill
12authorizes the moneys to also be appropriated for water trail
13development and maintenance.
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2vessels and the use of registration fees, and making
3penalties applicable.
4BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 462A.5, subsection 3, paragraph a,
2subparagraph (1), Code 2022, is amended to read as follows:
3(1) For vessels of any length without motor or sail, twelve
4 twenty dollars.
5 Sec. 2. Section 462A.6, subsection 7, paragraph b, Code
62022, is amended to read as follows:
7b. Conventional design canoes and kayak type vessels,
8thirteen ten feet or less in length.
9 Sec. 3. Section 462A.52, subsection 1, Code 2022, is amended
10to read as follows:
111. A county recorder shall remit to the commission all fees
12collected by the recorder through a process determined by the
13department. All fees collected for the registration of vessels
14shall be forwarded by the commission to the treasurer of the
15state, who shall place the money in the state fish and game
16protection fund. The money so collected is appropriated to the
17commission solely for water trail development and maintenance
18and the administration and enforcement of navigation laws and
19water safety.
20EXPLANATION
21The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
22the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
23This bill relates to registration requirements for certain
24vessels. Under current law, vessels of any length without a
25motor shall pay to a county recorder a registration fee of $12
26in order for the vessel to be issued an identification number.
27A vessel may not be used on the waters of this state that are
28under the jurisdiction of the natural resource commission
29(NRC) without an identification number. Current law exempts
30conventional design canoes and kayak type vessels that are 13
31feet or less in length from the numbering and registration
32requirements.
33The bill increases the registration fee for vessels of any
34length without a motor to $20. Additionally, the bill lowers
35the length for which canoe and kayak type vessels may be exempt
-1-1from numbering and registration requirements to 10 feet or
2less.
3A person who uses a canoe or kayak type vessel more than
410 feet in length on waters under NRC’s jurisdiction without
5registering the vessel as required by the bill shall be
6punished by a scheduled fine of $30.
7Under current law, fees collected for the registration of
8vessels are forwarded by NRC to the treasurer of state for
9deposit in the state fish and game protection fund. Such
10moneys are appropriated to NRC solely for the administration
11and enforcement of navigation laws and water safety. The bill
12authorizes the moneys to also be appropriated for water trail
13development and maintenance.
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