Bill Text: IA HF2678 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to vehicles, including the initial registration and issuance of certificate of title by certain county treasurers and the definitions of terms for purposes of motor vehicle franchisers, providing fees, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HF 2607, HSB 610.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-15 - Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage. []. [HF2678 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2678-Amended.html
House
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HOUSE
FILE
2678
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
WAYS
AND
MEANS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2607)
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
610)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
April
8,
2024
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
vehicles,
including
the
initial
registration
1
and
issuance
of
certificate
of
title
by
certain
county
2
treasurers
and
the
definitions
of
terms
for
purposes
of
3
motor
vehicle
franchisers,
providing
fees,
and
including
4
effective
date
provisions.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
6
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Section
1.
Section
321.20,
subsection
4,
Code
2024,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
4.
Notwithstanding
this
section
or
any
other
provision
of
3
law
to
the
contrary,
if
the
program
required
by
subsection
4
2
is
not
implemented
by
July
1,
2019,
an
owner
of
a
vehicle
5
subject
to
registration
or
a
lessor
of
a
vehicle
pursuant
to
6
chapter
321F
that
is
subject
to
registration
and
has
a
gross
7
vehicle
weight
of
less
than
ten
thousand
pounds,
may
apply
8
to
the
county
treasurer
of
a
county
contiguous
to
the
county
9
designated
for
the
owner
under
subsection
1
for
the
initial
10
registration
and
issuance
of
a
certificate
of
title.
However,
11
any
reference
in
this
chapter
to
the
county
where
a
vehicle
12
is
registered
or
the
county
where
a
certificate
of
title
was
13
issued
shall
be
deemed
to
refer
to
the
applicable
county
14
described
in
subsection
1,
regardless
of
which
county
treasurer
15
received
application
for
and
issued
the
initial
registration
16
and
certificate
of
title
under
this
subsection.
The
fee
for
17
submitting
an
application
under
this
subsection
is
one
dollar,
18
which
is
in
addition
to
any
other
fee
provided
by
law.
19
Sec.
2.
Section
321.166,
subsection
2,
Code
2024,
is
amended
20
to
read
as
follows:
21
2.
Every
registration
plate
or
pair
of
plates
shall
display
22
a
registration
plate
number
which
shall
consist
of
alphabetical
23
or
numerical
characters
or
a
combination
thereof
and
the
name
24
of
this
state,
which
may
be
abbreviated.
Every
registration
25
plate
issued
by
the
county
treasurer
shall
display
the
name
26
of
the
county,
including
any
plate
issued
pursuant
to
section
27
321.34
,
except
Pearl
Harbor
and
purple
heart
registration
28
plates
issued
prior
to
January
1,
1997;
and
collegiate,
29
fire
fighter,
and
medal
of
honor
registration
plates
;
and
30
regular
registration
plates
issued
pursuant
to
section
31
321.20,
subsection
4
.
Special
truck
registration
plates
shall
32
display
the
word
“special”.
The
department
may
adopt
rules
to
33
implement
this
subsection
.
34
Sec.
3.
Section
322A.1,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2024,
35
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2678
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1
When
The
following
words
and
phrases
when
used
in
this
2
chapter
shall
,
unless
the
context
otherwise
requires
for
3
the
purpose
of
this
chapter,
have
the
meanings
respectively
4
ascribed
to
them
:
5
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
The
following
take
effect
July
1,
6
2025:
7
1.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
321.20,
8
subsection
4.
9
2.
The
section
of
this
Act
amending
section
321.166,
10
subsection
2.
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