Bill Text: IA HF239 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the display of one registration plate on antique motor vehicles and sports cars.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-07 - Introduced, referred to Transportation. H.J. 239. [HF239 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-HF239-Introduced.html

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House File 239 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  R. TAYLOR

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the display of one registration plate on
  2    antique motor vehicles and sports cars.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.1, Code 2017, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  76A.  "Sports car" means a motor vehicle
  1  4 capable of exceeding one hundred thirty miles per hour and
  1  5 originally manufactured with one door on the driver's side of
  1  6 the vehicle, one door on the passenger's side of the vehicle,
  1  7 and a front bumper that sits eight inches from the ground or
  1  8 less.
  1  9    Sec. 2.  Section 321.37, subsection 2, Code 2017, is amended
  1 10 to read as follows:
  1 11    2.  Registration plates issued for a A motor vehicle
  1 12 which is model year 1948 or older, and is reconstructed or
  1 13 specially constructed vehicles built to resemble a model year
  1 14 1948 vehicle or older, is a sports car, or is registered as
  1 15 an antique vehicle under section 321.115, other than a truck
  1 16 registered for more than five tons, autocycle, motorcycle, or
  1 17 truck tractor, may display one registration plate on the rear
  1 18 of the vehicle if the other registration plate issued to the
  1 19 vehicle is carried in the vehicle at all times when the vehicle
  1 20 is operated on a public highway.
  1 21                           EXPLANATION
  1 22 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 23 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 24    Current law permits motor vehicles which are model year
  1 25 1948 or older, or reconstructed or specially constructed to
  1 26 resemble a model year 1948 vehicle or older, other than a truck
  1 27 registered for more than five tons, autocycle, motorcycle, or
  1 28 truck tractor, to display one registration plate on the rear
  1 29 of the vehicle if the other registration plate issued to the
  1 30 vehicle is carried in the vehicle at all times when the vehicle
  1 31 is operated on a public highway.
  1 32    This bill applies that provision to sports cars and antique
  1 33 vehicles. The bill defines "sports car" to mean a vehicle
  1 34 capable of exceeding 130 miles per hour and originally
  1 35 manufactured with one door on the driver's side of the vehicle,
  2  1 one door on the passenger's side of the vehicle, and a front
  2  2 bumper that sits eight inches from the ground or less. Under
  2  3 current law, an antique vehicle is a vehicle 25 years old or
  2  4 older that is registered under Code section 321.115.
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