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House
File
548
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
548
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
TRANSPORTATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
135)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
recycling
of
battery
electric
motor
1
vehicles
and
plug-in
hybrid
electric
motor
vehicles,
and
2
making
penalties
applicable.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
321H.3A
Education
program
required
1
for
certain
recyclers.
2
1.
Beginning
January
1,
2027,
a
person
shall
not
recycle
3
battery
electric
motor
vehicles
or
plug-in
hybrid
electric
4
motor
vehicles,
as
those
terms
are
defined
in
section
321.116,
5
unless
the
person
is
an
authorized
vehicle
recycler
who
6
has
successfully
completed
a
vehicle
high-voltage
battery
7
safe
handling
and
storage
education
program
approved
by
the
8
department.
An
authorized
vehicle
recycler
shall
display
a
9
program
completion
certificate
next
to
the
recycler’s
license
10
displayed
as
required
by
section
321H.5.
11
2.
The
department
shall
approve
vehicle
high-voltage
12
battery
safe
handling
and
storage
education
programs
and
such
13
programs
shall
award
a
program
completion
certificate
to
an
14
authorized
vehicle
recycler
who
successfully
completes
the
15
program.
16
3.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
17
to
administer
this
section.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
Under
current
law,
a
person
must
be
licensed
by
the
22
department
of
transportation
(DOT)
as
an
authorized
vehicle
23
recycler
to,
with
respect
to
vehicles
required
to
be
24
registered,
sell
certain
used
parts
of
more
than
six
used
25
vehicles;
dismantle,
scrap,
recycle,
or
salvage
more
than
26
six
vehicles;
or
rebuild
or
restore
for
sale
more
than
six
27
wrecked
or
salvage
vehicles
in
a
12-month
period;
or
with
28
respect
to
vehicles
not
currently
registered,
store
more
than
29
six
vehicles
or
store
damaged
vehicles
except
where
such
30
storage
is
incidental
to
the
primary
purpose
of
the
repair
of
31
vehicles
for
others.
The
licensing
requirement
does
not
apply
32
to
persons
who
are
educational
institutions,
licensed
as
new
33
vehicle
dealers,
engaged
in
a
hobby
not
for
profit,
engaged
34
in
the
business
of
purchasing
certain
parts
of
vehicles
only
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for
sale
as
scrap
metal,
insurance
companies,
county
mutual
1
insurance
associations,
or
state
mutual
insurance
associations.
2
A
license
issued
to
a
person
must
be
conspicuously
displayed
at
3
the
person’s
principal
place
of
business
except
during
periods
4
when
the
license
is
surrendered
for
modifications.
5
This
bill
prohibits
a
person,
beginning
January
1,
2027,
6
from
recycling
battery
electric
motor
vehicles
or
plug-in
7
hybrid
electric
motor
vehicles
unless
the
person
is
an
8
authorized
vehicle
recycler
who
has
successfully
completed
9
a
vehicle
high-voltage
battery
safe
handling
and
storage
10
education
program
approved
by
the
DOT
and
displays
a
program
11
completion
certificate
next
to
the
recycler’s
license.
The
12
DOT
is
required
to
approve
such
programs,
which
must
award
13
a
program
completion
certificate
to
an
authorized
vehicle
14
recycler
who
successfully
completes
the
program.
The
DOT
is
15
also
required
to
adopt
rules
to
administer
the
bill.
16
“Battery
electric
motor
vehicle”
means
a
motor
vehicle
17
equipped
with
electrical
drivetrain
components
and
not
18
equipped
with
an
internal
combustion
engine,
that
is
propelled
19
exclusively
by
one
or
more
electrical
motors
using
electrical
20
energy
stored
in
a
battery
or
other
energy
storage
device
that
21
can
be
recharged
by
plugging
into
an
electrical
outlet
or
22
electric
vehicle
charging
station.
“Plug-in
hybrid
electric
23
motor
vehicle”
means
a
motor
vehicle
equipped
with
electrical
24
drivetrain
components,
an
internal
combustion
engine,
and
a
25
battery
or
other
energy
storage
device
that
can
be
recharged
by
26
plugging
into
an
electrical
outlet
or
electric
vehicle
charging
27
station.
28
By
operation
of
law,
a
person
convicted
of
violating
the
bill
29
is
guilty
of
a
serious
misdemeanor.
A
serious
misdemeanor
is
30
punishable
by
confinement
for
no
more
than
one
year
and
a
fine
31
of
at
least
$430
but
not
more
than
$2,560.
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