Bill Text: IA HF2332 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the licensing of vehicle recyclers and defining the term "scrapping". (Formerly HSB 548)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-12 - Withdrawn. H.J. 482. [HF2332 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2013-HF2332-Introduced.html
House File 2332 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2332 BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 548) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the licensing of vehicle recyclers and 1 defining the term “scrapping”. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5318HV (2) 85 dea/nh
H.F. 2332 Section 1. Section 321.1, Code 2014, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 70A. “Scrapping” means to dispose of 3 a vehicle subject to registration to an authorized vehicle 4 recycler, as defined in section 321H.2, or to destroy a vehicle 5 subject to registration. “Scrapping” includes reducing a 6 vehicle subject to registration to its metal components or to 7 shred a vehicle subject to registration for scrap metal. 8 Sec. 2. Section 321H.2, Code 2014, is amended by adding the 9 following new subsection: 10 NEW SUBSECTION . 4A. “Scrapping” means to dispose of a 11 vehicle subject to registration to an authorized vehicle 12 recycler or to destroy a vehicle subject to registration. 13 “Scrapping” includes reducing a vehicle subject to registration 14 to its metal components or to shred a vehicle subject to 15 registration for scrap metal. 16 Sec. 3. Section 321H.3, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2014, 17 is amended to read as follows: 18 Except for educational institutions; persons licensed as new 19 vehicle dealers under chapter 322 ; persons engaged in a hobby 20 not for profit; persons engaged in the business of purchasing 21 bodies, parts of bodies, frames, or component parts of vehicles 22 only for sale as scrap metal; insurance companies governed by 23 chapter 515; county mutual insurance associations governed by 24 chapter 518; state mutual insurance associations governed by 25 chapter 518A; or persons licensed under the provisions of this 26 chapter as authorized vehicle recyclers, a person in this state 27 shall not engage in the business of any of the following: 28 EXPLANATION 29 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 30 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 31 Under current law, an authorized vehicle recycler license is 32 required for a person to operate as a vehicle rebuilder, used 33 vehicle parts dealer, or vehicle salvager. The definition of 34 “vehicle salvager” includes persons engaged in the business of 35 -1- LSB 5318HV (2) 85 dea/nh 1/ 2
H.F. 2332 scrapping wrecked or damaged vehicles. This bill defines the 1 term “scrapping” to mean either to dispose of a vehicle subject 2 to registration to an authorized vehicle recycler or to destroy 3 a vehicle subject to registration. The term includes reducing 4 a vehicle subject to registration to its metal components or 5 shredding such a vehicle for scrap metal. 6 The bill also provides that insurance companies, county 7 mutual insurance associations, and state mutual insurance 8 associations are exempt from authorized vehicle recycler 9 licensing requirements. 10 -2- LSB 5318HV (2) 85 dea/nh 2/ 2
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