Fiscal Note
Fiscal Services Division
HF 2607 – Motor Vehicle Registration (LSB5585HV.1)
Staff Contact: Garry Martin (515.281.4611) garry.martin@legis.iowa.gov
Fiscal Note Version – Revised (Assumptions and Fiscal Impact)
Description
House File 2607 allows for any county treasurer, instead of the treasurer of the county where
the primary user of the vehicle is located, to provide the initial vehicle registration and certificate
of title. Additionally, a lessor of a vehicle pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 321F, provided that the
vehicle is subject to registration and has a gross vehicle weight of less than 10,000 pounds, is
authorized to apply for initial registration and issuance of certificate of title to any county
treasurer. The Bill also allows for a regular license plate to be issued without a county name if
the initial registration and certificate of title transaction was conducted by a county that is not
where the primary user of the vehicle is located.
Background
Under current law, a person must apply for vehicle registration and issuance of certificate of title
to the county treasurer where the person resides or where the primary user of the vehicle is
located. Current law requires registration plates to display the name of the county that issues
the plates unless a specific exception is provided.
Assumptions
The DOT will incur a one-time information technology (IT) programming cost for the Archon
Registration and Titling System (ARTS) and the Electronic Registration and Titling System
(ERTS) systems to implement a “blank county name” plate option for a regular license plate that
currently requires a county name. The work will be performed by outside contractors.
Fiscal Impact
House File 2607 is estimated to increase costs to the DOT by approximately $162,000 in
FY 2025 for one-time IT programming and testing costs.
Source
Department of Transportation
/s/ Jennifer Acton
March 26, 2024
Doc ID 1448366
The fiscal note for this Bill was prepared pursuant to Joint Rule 17 and the Iowa Code. Data used in developing this
fiscal note is available from the Fiscal Services Division of the Legislative Services Agency upon request.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 321.20, 321.166, 321.34