Relating to registration requirements for vehicles designed primarily for off-highway use, including registration of all-terrain vehicles and information required to complete a form to register snowmobiles and vessels, providing fees, making appropriations, providing penalties, and making penalties applicable

10 also provides certain exceptions and authorizes a person to operate an ATV, so long as it is registered under Code chapter 321I, on undivided two-lane primary highways that are not part of the interstate road system and paved secondary roads, but only between locations where ATVs are otherwise authorized to be operated, on state park road systems, unpaved secondary roads, and paved, undivided secondary roads if authorized by the county board of supervisors.383(2).234A. The bill strikes the requirement that an unregistered ATV may be operated incidental to the ATV’s use for agricultural purposes only from sunrise to sunset. In accordance with current law, an ATV is a motor vehicle and therefore must be equipped with the parts, lamps, and other equipment in proper condition and adjustment as required under Code chapter 321 for motor vehicles.437. The bill strikes these specific Code section references. Under current Code chapter 321I, ATVs must be registered with DNR to operate on certain highways, and on public land, public ice, and designated riding trails. An ATV is registered through a county recorder. The annual ATV registration fee is $15 with an additional $2 writing fee. If registered through a license agent, the license agent can charge and retain an additional $1 writing fee.50 administrative fee. Fees collected by DNR are placed in a special ATV fund. A registration decal, including a nonresident user permit decal, as applicable, must be displayed on the ATV in a manner prescribed by the natural resource commission. The registration is valid for not more than one year and every registration expires on December each year. The bill instead requires ATVs to be registered for highway use under Code chapter 321.20, the owner of a vehicle subject to registration under Code chapter 321 is required to make application to any county treasurer for the initial registration and issuance of a certificate of title for the vehicle. Vehicle registration under Code chapter 321 is on a rolling basis and is valid for months. Under the bill, the annual registration fee for an ATV operated on highways is $20. _____ an ATV that is more than five model years old is reduced to $10. It is a simple misdemeanor punishable by a $70 scheduled fine for any person to drive or for an owner to knowingly permit to be driven upon a highway a vehicle of a type required to be registered which is not registered, or for which the appropriate fees have not been paid. A registered ATV will be issued one registration plate which must be displayed on the rear of the ATV. Additional registration fees are required for personalized or special registration plates if purchased by the ATV owner, and for battery electric and plug-in hybrid electric ATVs.105A. The fee for new registration is equal to percent of the purchase price of the ATV plus $10. Such fees are deposited in the road use tax fund. The bill strikes and repeals, as applicable, the Code chapter 321I ATV registration requirements. As a result, an ATV may be operated on public land, public ice, and designated riding trails without being registered. The bill creates a new off-highway all-terrain vehicle recreational riding areas fund under the control of the department of transportation (DOT).8 are transferred to the new off-highway all-terrain vehicle recreational riding areas fund. In addition, the treasurer of state must credit to the new fund $15 from the statutory allocations fund for each ATV registration on and after July 1, 2026. Under current law, an ATV owner is required to obtain a certificate of title from the county recorder under the provisions of Code chapter 321I. Under the bill, if an ATV is registered under Code chapter 321 for highway use, the ATV owner is instead required to obtain a certificate of title from a county treasurer under Code chapter 321 by operation of law. _____ a certificate of title for the ATV, but does not require it. The bill makes conforming changes to provisions relating to ATV registrations and user permits. REQUIRED INFORMATION FOR SNOWMOBILE AND VESSEL REGISTRATIONS. Under current law, the DNR is required to establish forms and procedures as necessary for the registration of snowmobiles and vessels. The bill mandates that a person is not required to provide the person’s height, weight, or eye color when completing such a form.