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Establishing an annual vehicle registration surcharge and appropriating the resulting revenue for certain expenses of the state patrol
Topics:TaxesTransportation
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 19, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 27, 2021
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill imposes an annual registration surcharge in the amount of $2 for each vehicle subject to registration, including both motor vehicles and trailers. The surcharge is payable to the county treasurer or the department of transportation the first time application is made for registration and certificate of title for a vehicle and each time registration is renewed. Revenues collected from the annual registration surcharge accrue to the road use tax fund and are appropriated to the department of public safety to be used for vehicles, equipment, and training expenses of the division of state patrol related to the supervision of the highways of this state.
Read the full explanation
The bill amends the definition of “registration fees” for purposes of Code chapter 321 to provide for administration of the annual registration surcharge in conjunction with administration of annual vehicle registration fees, and the bill amends the definition of “registration fee” in Code chapter 326 to provide for administration of the annual registration surcharge in conjunction with administration of apportioned fees for commercial motor vehicles. In addition, the bill makes conforming amendments to various Code sections relating to vehicle registration fees and the distribution of revenue from the road use tax fund. It is a simple misdemeanor punishable by a scheduled fine of $70 for a person to drive, move, or permit to be driven or moved upon the highway a vehicle required to be registered that is not registered or for which the appropriate fees have not been paid, notwithstanding certain exceptions.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 27, 2021. On February 8, 2021 it recommended amendment and passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
Iowa Code it changes
Creates§321.105B
Amends§312.2§321.1§321.101§321.101A§321.105A§321.151§321.152§321.20A§321.23§321.24§321.30§321.40§321.46§321.70§326.2
Lobbying
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- SF 2103 Establishing an annual vehicle registration surcharge and appropriating the resulting reve…88th General Assembly · In committee · same titleCleared committee
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