Bill Text: IA SSB1003 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study bill for an act relating to matters under the purview of the department of natural resources, including the registration and titling of snowmobiles and all=terrain vehicles, the restore the outdoors program, and protected wetlands.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2013-02-26 - Voted - Natural Resources and Environment. [SSB1003 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SSB1003-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1003
-
Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
NATURAL
RESOURCES
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
matters
under
the
purview
of
the
department
1
of
natural
resources,
including
the
registration
and
titling
2
of
snowmobiles
and
all-terrain
vehicles,
the
restore
the
3
outdoors
program,
and
protected
wetlands.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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DIVISION
I
1
SNOWMOBILE
AND
ALL-TERRAIN
VEHICLE
TITLING
REGISTRATION
2
Section
1.
Section
321G.29,
subsection
3,
Code
2013,
is
3
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4
3.
An
owner
of
a
snowmobile
shall
apply
to
the
county
5
recorder
for
issuance
of
a
certificate
of
title
within
thirty
6
days
after
acquisition.
The
application
shall
be
on
forms
7
the
department
prescribes
and
accompanied
by
the
required
8
fee.
The
application
shall
be
signed
and
sworn
to
before
a
9
notarial
officer
as
provided
in
chapter
9B
or
other
person
10
who
administers
oaths,
or
shall
include
a
certification
11
signed
in
writing
containing
substantially
the
representation
12
that
statements
made
are
true
and
correct
to
the
best
of
the
13
applicant’s
knowledge,
information,
and
belief,
under
penalty
14
of
perjury.
The
application
shall
contain
the
date
of
sale
15
and
gross
price
of
the
snowmobile
or
the
fair
market
value
if
16
no
sale
immediately
preceded
the
transfer
and
any
additional
17
information
the
department
requires.
If
the
application
is
18
made
for
a
snowmobile
last
previously
registered
or
titled
in
19
another
state
or
foreign
country,
the
application
shall
contain
20
this
information
and
any
other
information
the
department
21
requires.
22
Sec.
2.
Section
321I.31,
subsection
3,
Code
2013,
is
amended
23
to
read
as
follows:
24
3.
An
owner
of
an
all-terrain
vehicle
shall
apply
to
25
the
county
recorder
for
issuance
of
a
certificate
of
title
26
within
thirty
days
after
acquisition.
The
application
shall
27
be
on
forms
the
department
prescribes
and
accompanied
by
the
28
required
fee.
The
application
shall
be
signed
and
sworn
to
29
before
a
notary
public
as
provided
in
chapter
9B
or
other
30
person
who
administers
oaths,
or
shall
include
a
certification
31
signed
in
writing
containing
substantially
the
representation
32
that
statements
made
are
true
and
correct
to
the
best
of
the
33
applicant’s
knowledge,
information,
and
belief,
under
penalty
34
of
perjury.
The
application
shall
contain
the
date
of
sale
and
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gross
price
of
the
all-terrain
vehicle
or
the
fair
market
value
1
if
no
sale
immediately
preceded
the
transfer
and
any
additional
2
information
the
department
requires.
If
the
application
is
3
made
for
an
all-terrain
vehicle
last
previously
registered
or
4
titled
in
another
state
or
foreign
country,
the
application
5
shall
contain
this
information
and
any
other
information
the
6
department
requires.
7
DIVISION
II
8
RESTORE
THE
OUTDOORS
PROGRAM
9
Sec.
3.
REPEAL.
Section
461A.3A,
Code
2013,
is
repealed.
10
DIVISION
III
11
PROTECTED
WETLANDS
12
Sec.
4.
Section
427.1,
subsection
23,
unnumbered
paragraph
13
1,
Code
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
14
Land
designated
as
native
prairie
or
land
designated
as
15
a
protected
wetland
,
as
defined
in
section
456B.1,
by
the
16
department
of
natural
resources
pursuant
to
section
456B.12
.
17
Sec.
5.
Section
456B.1,
subsection
4,
Code
2013,
is
amended
18
to
read
as
follows:
19
4.
“Protected
wetlands”
means
type
3,
type
4,
and
type
20
5
wetlands
as
described
in
circular
39,
“Wetlands
of
the
21
United
States”,
1971
Edition,
published
by
the
United
States
22
department
of
the
interior
,
or
a
palustrine
emergent
wetland
23
with
a
water
regime
of
seasonally
flooded,
semipermanently
24
flooded,
or
permanently
flooded
as
described
in
classification
25
of
wetlands
and
deepwater
habitats
of
the
United
States,
26
originally
published
in
1979
by
the
United
States
fish
and
27
wildlife
service
.
However,
a
protected
wetland
does
not
28
include
land
where
an
agricultural
drainage
well
has
been
29
plugged
causing
a
temporary
wetland
or
land
within
a
drainage
30
district
or
levee
district.
31
Sec.
6.
REPEAL.
Sections
456B.12,
456B.13,
456B.14,
and
32
654A.16,
Code
2013,
are
repealed.
33
EXPLANATION
34
This
bill
concerns
matters
administered
by
the
department
of
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natural
resources.
1
DIVISION
I
——
SNOWMOBILE
AND
ALL-TERRAIN
VEHICLE
TITLING
2
AND
REGISTRATION.
Currently,
an
application
for
a
certificate
3
of
title
for
a
snowmobile
or
all-terrain
vehicle
must
either
4
be
signed
and
sworn
to
before
a
notary
public
or
other
person
5
who
administers
oaths,
or
include
the
applicant’s
signed
6
certification
that
statements
made
in
the
application
are
7
true
and
correct.
The
bill
strikes
the
language
relating
to
8
notarization
of
the
application,
requiring
only
the
signed
9
certification
by
the
owner.
10
DIVISION
II
——
RESTORE
THE
OUTDOORS
PROGRAM.
The
bill
11
repeals
the
restore
the
outdoors
program
whose
stated
12
purpose
is
to
provide
funding
for
new
and
existing
vertical
13
infrastructure
projects
in
existing
state
parks
and
other
14
public
facilities
managed
by
the
department.
15
DIVISION
III
——
PROTECTED
WETLANDS.
The
bill
amends
16
the
definition
of
“protected
wetlands”
to
include
certain
17
palustrine
emergent
wetlands.
The
bill
repeals
Code
section
18
456B.12,
relating
to
the
department’s
designation
of
protected
19
wetlands
and
marshes
of
each
county
and
the
procedure
by
which
20
affected
landowners
may
challenge
a
preliminary
wetlands
21
designation;
Code
section
456B.13,
requiring
a
person
to
obtain
22
a
permit
from
the
department
to
drain
a
protected
wetland
23
and
citing
exceptions
for
certain
activities;
Code
section
24
456B.14,
relating
to
civil
penalties
for
violation
of
permit
25
requirements;
and
Code
section
654A.16,
relating
to
mediation
26
between
the
department
and
landowners
affected
by
a
preliminary
27
wetland
designation.
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