Bill Text: IA HF2607 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to vehicles, including the initial registration and issuance of certificate of title by any county treasurer and the definitions of terms for purposes of motor vehicle franchisers.(Formerly HSB 610; See HF 2678.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-08 - Withdrawn. H.J. 745. [HF2607 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2607-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
610)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
vehicles,
including
the
initial
registration
1
and
issuance
of
certificate
of
title
by
any
county
treasurer
2
and
the
definitions
of
terms
for
purposes
of
motor
vehicle
3
franchisers.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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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
to
8
the
any
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.
17
Sec.
2.
Section
321.166,
subsection
2,
Code
2024,
is
amended
18
to
read
as
follows:
19
2.
Every
registration
plate
or
pair
of
plates
shall
display
20
a
registration
plate
number
which
shall
consist
of
alphabetical
21
or
numerical
characters
or
a
combination
thereof
and
the
name
22
of
this
state,
which
may
be
abbreviated.
Every
registration
23
plate
issued
by
the
county
treasurer
shall
display
the
name
24
of
the
county,
including
any
plate
issued
pursuant
to
section
25
321.34
,
except
Pearl
Harbor
and
purple
heart
registration
26
plates
issued
prior
to
January
1,
1997;
and
collegiate,
27
fire
fighter,
and
medal
of
honor
registration
plates
;
and
28
regular
registration
plates
issued
pursuant
to
section
29
321.20,
subsection
4
.
Special
truck
registration
plates
shall
30
display
the
word
“special”.
The
department
may
adopt
rules
to
31
implement
this
subsection
.
32
Sec.
3.
Section
322A.1,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2024,
33
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
34
When
The
following
words
and
phrases
when
used
in
this
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chapter
shall
,
unless
the
context
otherwise
requires
for
1
the
purpose
of
this
chapter,
have
the
meanings
respectively
2
ascribed
to
them
:
3
EXPLANATION
4
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
5
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
6
Under
current
law,
a
person
must
generally
apply
for
vehicle
7
registration
and
issuance
of
certificate
of
title
to
the
county
8
treasurer
where
the
person
resides
or
where
the
primary
users
9
of
the
vehicle
are
located.
However,
in
2016,
the
general
10
assembly
required
the
department
of
transportation
(DOT)
to
11
develop
and
implement,
by
January
1,
2018,
a
program
to
allow
12
for
electronic
applications,
titling,
registering,
and
funds
13
transfers
for
vehicles
subject
to
registration
(program)
in
14
order
to
improve
the
efficiency
and
timeliness
of
the
processes
15
and
to
reduce
costs
for
all
parties
involved.
At
the
same
16
time,
the
general
assembly
conditionally
authorized
an
owner
17
of
a
vehicle
subject
to
registration
to
apply
to
the
county
18
treasurer
of
a
county
contiguous
to
the
county
designated
for
19
the
owner
if
the
DOT
had
not
yet
implemented
the
program
by
20
January
1,
2018.
In
2018,
the
general
assembly
amended
the
21
program
implementation
date
to
July
1,
2019.
22
This
bill
strikes
the
contiguous
county
authorization
and
23
instead
provides
for
the
initial
registration
and
issuance
of
24
certificate
of
title
by
any
county
treasurer.
In
addition
to
25
an
owner
of
a
vehicle
subject
to
registration,
a
lessor
of
a
26
vehicle
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
321F
(leasing
and
renting
of
27
vehicles),
if
such
vehicle
is
subject
to
registration
and
has
a
28
gross
vehicle
weight
of
less
than
10,000
pounds,
is
authorized
29
to
apply
for
initial
registration
and
issuance
of
certificate
30
of
title
to
any
county
treasurer.
The
bill
does
not
make
31
corresponding
changes.
Instead,
for
all
other
registration
32
and
certificate
of
title
actions
provided
or
required
in
Code
33
chapter
321
(motor
vehicles
and
law
of
the
road),
references
to
34
the
county
where
a
vehicle
is
registered
or
the
county
where
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a
certificate
of
title
was
issued
are
deemed
to
refer
to
the
1
appropriate
county
under
current
law.
2
Current
law
requires
registration
plates
to
display
the
3
name
of
the
county
that
issues
the
plates,
unless
a
specific
4
exception
is
provided.
The
bill
specifies
such
an
exception
5
for
regular
registration
plates
issued
pursuant
to
the
bill.
6
The
bill
removes
the
context
clause
applicable
to
defined
7
terms
in
Code
chapter
322A
(motor
vehicle
franchisers).
In
8
2022,
the
Iowa
supreme
court
relied
on
the
context
clause
9
included
in
Code
section
322A.1
to
apply
an
alternate
10
definition
of
“community”
than
how
“community”
is
defined
in
11
Code
chapter
322A
(Sioux
City
Truck
Sales,
Inc.
v.
Iowa
Dept.
12
of
Transportation,
975
N.W.2d
333
(Iowa
2022)).
The
bill
13
provides
the
same
introduction
to
defined
words
and
phrases
to
14
Code
chapter
322A
as
is
used
for
Code
chapter
321.
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