Bill Text: IA SSB3155 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to electric motor vehicle registration fees for antique motor vehicles.(See SF 2382.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-04 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2382. [SSB3155 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-SSB3155-Introduced.html

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Senate Study Bill 3155 - Introduced
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BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
WAYS AND MEANS BILL BY
CHAIRPERSON DAWSON)
A BILL FOR
An Act relating to electric motor vehicle registration fees for
antique motor vehicles.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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Section 1. Section 321.116, Code 2022, is amended to read
as follows:
321.116 Battery electric and plug-in hybrid electric motor
vehicle fees —— antique vehicles exempt .
1. For each battery electric motor vehicle subject to an
annual registration fee under section 321.109, subsection 1 ,
paragraph “a” , and operated on the public highways of this
state, the owner shall pay an annual battery electric motor
vehicle registration fee, which shall be in addition to the
annual registration fee imposed for the vehicle under section
321.109, subsection 1 , paragraph “a” . For purposes of this
subsection , “battery electric motor vehicle” means a motor
vehicle equipped with electrical drivetrain components and not
equipped with an internal combustion engine, that is propelled
exclusively by one or more electrical motors using electrical
energy stored in a battery or other energy storage device that
can be recharged by plugging into an electrical outlet or
electric vehicle charging station. The amount of the fee shall
be as follows:
a. For the period beginning January 1, 2020, and ending
December 31, 2020, sixty-five dollars.
b. For the period beginning January 1, 2021, and ending
December 31, 2021, ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents.
c. On or after January 1, 2022, is one hundred thirty
dollars.
2. For each plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle subject to
an annual registration fee under section 321.109, subsection
1 , paragraph “a” , and operated on the public highways of this
state, the owner shall pay an annual plug-in hybrid electric
motor vehicle registration fee, which shall be in addition
to the annual registration fee imposed for the vehicle under
section 321.109, subsection 1 , paragraph “a” . For purposes of
this subsection , “plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle” means a
motor vehicle equipped with electrical drivetrain components,
an internal combustion engine, and a battery or other energy
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storage device that can be recharged by plugging into an
electrical outlet or electric vehicle charging station. The
amount of the fee shall be as follows:
a. For the period beginning January 1, 2020, and ending
December 31, 2020, thirty-two dollars and fifty cents.
b. For the period beginning January 1, 2021, and ending
December 31, 2021, forty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents.
c. On or after January 1, 2022, is sixty-five dollars.
3. This section does not apply to a battery electric motor
vehicle or plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle registered as
an antique vehicle under section 321.115.
4. For purposes of this section:
a. “Battery electric motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle
equipped with electrical drivetrain components and not
equipped with an internal combustion engine, that is propelled
exclusively by one or more electrical motors using electrical
energy stored in a battery or other energy storage device that
can be recharged by plugging into an electrical outlet or
electric vehicle charging station.
b. “Plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle” means a motor
vehicle equipped with electrical drivetrain components, an
internal combustion engine, and a battery or other energy
storage device that can be recharged by plugging into an
electrical outlet or electric vehicle charging station.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
Under current law, battery electric motor vehicles are
subject to a special annual registration fee of $130 and
plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicles are subject to a special
annual registration fee of $65. These fees are in addition to
the regular annual registration fee imposed for the vehicle.
This bill exempts vehicles registered as antique vehicles
(25 years old or older) from these additional fees.
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