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House
File
2075
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2075
BY
BARKER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
operation
of
mini-trucks
on
highways,
1
and
making
penalties
applicable.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
321.275A
Mini-trucks.
1
1.
A
person
shall
not
operate
a
mini-truck
on
a
highway
2
with
a
speed
limit
greater
than
fifty-five
miles
per
hour.
3
However,
this
subsection
does
not
prohibit
a
person
operating
a
4
mini-truck
from
crossing
a
highway
with
a
speed
limit
greater
5
than
fifty-five
miles
per
hour
at
an
intersection.
6
2.
Notwithstanding
section
321.115,
subsection
1,
paragraph
7
“a”
,
a
mini-truck
shall
not
be
registered
as
an
antique
vehicle.
8
3.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“mini-truck”
means
a
9
motor
vehicle
designed,
used,
or
maintained
primarily
for
the
10
transportation
of
property
and
having
four
wheels,
an
engine
11
displacement
of
six
hundred
sixty
cubic
centimeters
or
less,
an
12
overall
length
of
one
hundred
thirty
inches
or
less,
an
overall
13
height
of
seventy-eight
inches
or
less,
and
an
overall
width
14
of
sixty
inches
or
less.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
prohibits
a
person
from
operating
a
mini-truck
19
on
a
highway
with
a
speed
limit
greater
than
55
miles
per
20
hour,
other
than
when
crossing
at
an
intersection.
The
21
bill
also
prohibits
a
mini-truck
from
being
registered
as
an
22
antique
vehicle.
As
used
in
the
bill,
a
“mini-truck”
is
a
23
motor
vehicle
designed,
used,
or
maintained
primarily
for
the
24
transportation
of
property
and
having
four
wheels,
an
engine
25
displacement
of
660
cubic
centimeters
or
less,
an
overall
26
length
of
130
inches
or
less,
an
overall
height
of
78
inches
or
27
less,
and
an
overall
width
of
60
inches
or
less.
28
By
operation
of
law,
a
person
who
violates
the
bill
commits
29
a
simple
misdemeanor.
A
simple
misdemeanor
is
punishable
by
30
confinement
for
no
more
than
30
days
and
a
fine
of
at
least
$105
31
but
not
more
than
$855.
32
Because
a
mini-truck
is
defined
as
a
motor
vehicle
for
33
purposes
of
Code
chapter
321
(motor
vehicles
and
law
of
the
34
road),
a
mini-truck
operated
on
a
highway
is
required
to
be
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registered
and
equipped
with
the
parts,
lamps,
and
other
1
equipment
in
proper
condition
and
adjustment
as
required
for
2
motor
vehicles
under
Code
chapter
321.
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