Iowa-2015-HF2148-Introduced
House File 2148 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON
TRANSPORTATION
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 540)
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 111)
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the issuance and display of one registration
2 plate on motor vehicles.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 321.18, subsection 7, Code 2016, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 7. Any school bus in this state used exclusively for
1 4 the transportation of pupils to and from school or a school
1 5 function or for the purposes provided in section 285.1,
1 6 subsection 1, and section 285.10, subsection 9, or used
1 7 exclusively for the transportation of children enrolled in a
1 8 federal head start program. Upon application the department
1 9 shall, without charge, issue a registration certificate and a
1 10 registration plates plate. The plates plate shall be attached
1 11 to the front and rear of each bus exempt from registration
1 12 under this subsection.
1 13 Sec. 2. Section 321.22, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended
1 14 to read as follows:
1 15 1. An urban transit company or system having a franchise
1 16 to operate in any city and any regional transit system may
1 17 make application to the department, upon forms furnished by
1 18 the department, for a certificate containing a distinguishing
1 19 number and for one or more pairs of registration plates to be
1 20 attached to the front and rear of buses owned or operated by
1 21 the transit company or system.
1 22 Sec. 3. Section 321.26, subsection 2, Code 2016, is amended
1 23 to read as follows:
1 24 2. The county treasurer may adjust the renewal or expiration
1 25 date of vehicles when deemed necessary to equalize the number
1 26 of vehicles registered in each twelve=month period or for the
1 27 administrative efficiency of the county treasurer's office.
1 28 The adjustment shall be accomplished by delivery of a written
1 29 notice to the vehicle owner of the adjustment and allowance of
1 30 a credit for the remaining months of the unused portion of the
1 31 annual registration fee, rounded to the nearest whole dollar,
1 32 which amount shall be deducted from the annual registration
1 33 fee due at the time of registration. Upon receipt of the
1 34 notification the owner shall, within thirty days, surrender the
1 35 registration card and registration plates plate to the county
2 1 treasurer of the county where the vehicle is registered, except
2 2 that the registration plates plate shall not be surrendered
2 3 if a validation stickers sticker or other emblems are emblem
2 4 is used to designate the month and year of expiration of
2 5 registration. Upon payment of the annual registration fee,
2 6 less the credit allowed for the remaining months of the
2 7 unused portion of the annual registration fee, the county
2 8 treasurer shall issue a new registration card and registration
2 9 plates plate, validation stickers sticker, or emblems emblem
2 10 which indicate indicates the month and year of expiration of
2 11 registration.
2 12 Sec. 4. Section 321.34, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2016, are
2 13 amended to read as follows:
2 14 1. Plates Plate issued. The county treasurer upon receiving
2 15 application, accompanied by proper fee, for registration of a
2 16 vehicle shall issue to the owner one registration plate for
2 17 a motorcycle, motorized bicycle, truck tractor, trailer, or
2 18 semitrailer and two registration plates for every other motor
2 19 vehicle. The registration plates plate, including any special
2 20 registration plates plate, shall be assigned to the owner of a
2 21 vehicle. When the owner of a registered vehicle transfers or
2 22 assigns ownership of the vehicle to another person, the owner
2 23 shall remove the registration plates plate from the vehicle.
2 24 The owner shall forward the plates plate to the county
2 25 treasurer where the vehicle is registered or the owner may have
2 26 the plates plate assigned to another vehicle within thirty days
2 27 after transfer, upon payment of the fees required by law. The
2 28 owner shall immediately affix the registration plates plate
2 29 retained by the owner to another vehicle owned or acquired by
2 30 the owner, providing the owner complies with section 321.46.
2 31 The department shall adopt rules providing for the assignment
2 32 of a registration plates plate to the transferee of a vehicle
2 33 for which a credit is allowed under section 321.46, subsection
2 34 6.
2 35 2. Validation stickers.
3 1 a. In lieu of issuing a new registration plates plate
3 2 each registration year for a vehicle renewing registration,
3 3 the department may reassign the registration plates plate
3 4 previously issued to the vehicle and may adopt and prescribe
3 5 an annual validation sticker indicating payment of annual
3 6 registration fees. The department shall issue one validation
3 7 sticker for each set of registration plates plate. The
3 8 sticker shall specify the month and year of expiration of the
3 9 registration plates plate. The sticker shall be displayed
3 10 only on the rear registration plate, except that the sticker
3 11 shall be displayed on the front registration plate of a truck
3 12 tractor.
3 13 b. The state department of transportation shall adopt rules
3 14 to provide for the placement of the motor vehicle registration
3 15 validation sticker.
3 16 Sec. 5. Section 321.37, Code 2016, is amended to read as
3 17 follows:
3 18 321.37 Display of plates plate.
3 19 1. Registration plates The registration plate issued for
3 20 a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, motorized bicycle or
3 21 a truck tractor shall be attached to the rear of the motor
3 22 vehicle, one in the front and the other in the rear. The
3 23 registration plate issued for a motorcycle or other vehicle
3 24 required to be registered hereunder shall be attached to the
3 25 rear of the vehicle. The registration plate issued for a truck
3 26 tractor shall be attached to the front of the truck tractor.
3 27 The special plate issued to a dealer shall be attached on the
3 28 rear of the vehicle when operated on the highways of this
3 29 state.
3 30 2. Registration plates issued for a motor vehicle which
3 31 is model year 1948 or older, and reconstructed or specially
3 32 constructed vehicles built to resemble a model year 1948
3 33 vehicle or older, other than a truck registered for more than
3 34 five tons, motorcycle, or truck tractor, may display one
3 35 registration plate on the rear of the vehicle if the other
4 1 registration plate issued to the vehicle is carried in the
4 2 vehicle at all times when the vehicle is operated on a public
4 3 highway.
4 4 3. 2. It is unlawful for the owner of a vehicle to place
4 5 any frame around or over the registration plate which does not
4 6 permit full view of all numerals and letters printed on the
4 7 registration plate.
4 8 Sec. 6. CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE. The Code editor may make any
4 9 change the Code editor deems necessary to any Code section that
4 10 refers, in any context, to a set of, a pair of, or two motor
4 11 vehicle registration plates rather than one registration plate,
4 12 when there appears to be no doubt as to the proper method of
4 13 making the correction.
4 14 Sec. 7. TRANSITION PROVISIONS. The transition from the
4 15 use of motor vehicle registration plates on both the front
4 16 and rear of certain vehicles to the use of such plates on
4 17 only the rear of certain vehicles, as directed by this Act,
4 18 shall be accomplished in stages. A person applying for a new
4 19 or replacement registration plate on or after July 1, 2016,
4 20 shall receive only one registration plate. Otherwise, the
4 21 transition shall not be accomplished until a new series of
4 22 registration plates is issued to replace a current series. The
4 23 department of transportation shall adopt rules to implement the
4 24 transition.
4 25 EXPLANATION
4 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
4 27 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
4 28 Under current law, two registration plates are issued for a
4 29 motor vehicle other than a motorcycle, motorized bicycle, or
4 30 truck tractor, and are required to be attached to the front and
4 31 rear of the vehicle.
4 32 This bill provides that only one registration plate shall
4 33 be issued for a motor vehicle. The registration plate shall
4 34 be attached to the rear of the motor vehicle, except that the
4 35 registration plate for a truck tractor shall be attached to the
5 1 front of the truck tractor, in accord with current law.
5 2 The bill also makes corresponding Code language changes,
5 3 directs the Code editor to make changes to language referring
5 4 to two registration plates rather than one, and provides for
5 5 the transition from the use of two registration plates to the
5 6 use of one registration plate.
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