Bill Text: IA HF2247 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to registration fees for electric and hybrid-electric motor vehicles, and making penalties applicable.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-05 - Introduced, referred to Transportation. H.J. 208. [HF2247 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF2247-Introduced.html
House File 2247 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY HEATON A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to registration fees for electric and 2 hybrid=electric motor vehicles, and making penalties 3 applicable. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5359YH (4) 87 ns/rh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 321.116 Electric and 1 2 hybrid=electric motor vehicles == annual registration fee. 1 3 1. For each electric motor vehicle subject to an annual 1 4 registration fee computed pursuant to section 321.109, 1 5 subsection 1, paragraph "a", and operated upon the public 1 6 highways of this state, the owner shall pay an annual electric 1 7 motor vehicle registration fee in the amount of one hundred 1 8 fifty dollars, which shall be in addition to the annual 1 9 registration fee imposed for the vehicle pursuant to section 1 10 321.105 and computed pursuant to section 321.109, subsection 1, 1 11 paragraph "a". For the purposes of this subsection, "electric 1 12 motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle propelled exclusively by 1 13 one or more electric motors using electrical energy stored in a 1 14 battery or other energy storage device. 1 15 2. For each hybrid=electric motor vehicle subject to 1 16 an annual registration fee computed pursuant to section 1 17 321.109, subsection 1, paragraph "a", and operated upon the 1 18 public highways of this state, the owner shall pay an annual 1 19 hybrid=electric motor vehicle registration fee in the amount 1 20 of fifty dollars, which shall be in addition to the annual 1 21 registration fee imposed for the vehicle pursuant to section 1 22 321.105 and computed pursuant to section 321.109, subsection 1 23 1, paragraph "a". For the purposes of this subsection, 1 24 "hybrid=electric motor vehicle" means a motor vehicle propelled 1 25 by a combination of an internal combustion engine and one 1 26 or more electric motors using electrical energy stored in a 1 27 battery or other energy storage device. 1 28 EXPLANATION 1 29 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 30 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 31 This bill imposes an annual electric motor vehicle 1 32 registration fee of $150 for electric motor vehicles. The 1 33 annual electric motor vehicle registration fee is in addition 1 34 to the annual registration fee imposed on such vehicles under 1 35 current law. The bill defines "electric motor vehicle" to mean 2 1 a motor vehicle propelled exclusively by one or more electric 2 2 motors using electrical energy stored in a battery or other 2 3 energy storage device. 2 4 The bill also imposes an annual hybrid=electric motor 2 5 vehicle registration fee of $50 for hybrid=electric 2 6 motor vehicles. The annual hybrid=electric motor vehicle 2 7 registration fee is in addition to the annual registration 2 8 fee imposed on such vehicles under current law. The bill 2 9 defines "hybrid=electric motor vehicle" to mean a motor vehicle 2 10 propelled by a combination of an internal combustion engine and 2 11 one or more electric motors using electrical energy stored in a 2 12 battery or other energy storage device. 2 13 Under current law, the annual registration fee imposed 2 14 pursuant to Code section 321.109, subsection 1, paragraph "a", 2 15 is equal to 1 percent of the value of the vehicle plus $.40 2 16 for each 100 pounds of weight of the vehicle, as fixed by the 2 17 department of transportation. The fee applies to all motor 2 18 vehicles including vehicles designated by manufacturers as 2 19 station wagons, 1993 and subsequent model year multipurpose 2 20 vehicles, and 2010 and subsequent model year motor trucks 2 21 with an unladen weight of 10,000 pounds or less, but does not 2 22 apply to motor trucks registered under Code section 321.122, 2 23 business=trade trucks, special trucks, motor homes, motorsports 2 24 recreational vehicles, ambulances, hearses, autocycles, 2 25 motorcycles, motorized bicycles, and 1992 and older model year 2 26 multipurpose vehicles. 2 27 By operation of law, driving an electric or hybrid=electric 2 28 motor vehicle without paying the electric or hybrid=electric 2 29 motor vehicle registration fee imposed under the bill is a 2 30 violation of Code section 321.17, which is a simple misdemeanor 2 31 punishable by a scheduled fine of $50. LSB 5359YH (4) 87 ns/rh
