Bill Text: IA HF110 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the display of registration plates on certain motor vehicles with front bumpers which are low to the ground.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-19 - Passed subcommittee. [HF110 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF110-Introduced.html

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House File 110 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  BYRNES

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the display of registration plates on
  2    certain motor vehicles with front bumpers which are low to
  3    the ground.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.37, subsection 2, Code 2015, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    2.  Registration plates issued for a A motor vehicle which
  1  4 is model year 1948 or older, and is reconstructed or specially
  1  5 constructed vehicles built to resemble a model year 1948
  1  6 vehicle or older, or which was originally manufactured with a
  1  7 front bumper that sits twenty=four inches from the ground or
  1  8 less, other than a truck registered for more than five tons, a
  1  9  motorcycle, or a truck tractor, may display one registration
  1 10 plate on the rear of the vehicle if the other registration
  1 11 plate issued to the vehicle is carried in the vehicle at all
  1 12 times when the vehicle is operated on a public highway.
  1 13                           EXPLANATION
  1 14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 15 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 16    Generally, a motor vehicle is required to display two
  1 17 registration plates, with one on the front of the vehicle
  1 18 and one on the rear of the vehicle. Current law allows
  1 19 motor vehicles which are model year 1948 or older, or are
  1 20 reconstructed or specially constructed to resemble a model year
  1 21 1948 vehicle or older, to display only one registration plate
  1 22 on the rear of the vehicle if the other registration plate
  1 23 issued to the vehicle is carried in the vehicle at all times
  1 24 when the vehicle is operated on a public highway.
  1 25    This bill broadens that exception to include any motor
  1 26 vehicle originally manufactured with a front bumper that sits
  1 27 24 inches from the ground or less.
  1 28    The scheduled fine for incorrect display of registration
  1 29 plates in violation of Code section 321.37 is $20.
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