House Study Bill 135 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON YOUNG) 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 TLSB 2291YC (3) 91 th/ns
H.F. _____ 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 recyclers 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 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 Under current law, a person must be licensed by the 20 department of transportation (DOT) as an authorized vehicle 21 recycler to, with respect to vehicles required to be 22 registered, sell certain used parts of more than six used 23 vehicles; dismantle, scrap, recycle, or salvage more than 24 six vehicles; or rebuild or restore for sale more than six 25 wrecked or salvage vehicles in a 12-month period; or with 26 respect to vehicles not currently registered, store more than 27 six vehicles or store damaged vehicles except where such 28 storage is incidental to the primary purpose of the repair of 29 vehicles for others. The licensing requirement does not apply 30 to persons who are educational institutions, licensed as new 31 vehicle dealers, engaged in a hobby not for profit, engaged 32 in the business of purchasing certain parts of vehicles only 33 for sale as scrap metal, insurance companies, county mutual 34 insurance associations, or state mutual insurance associations. 35 -1- LSB 2291YC (3) 91 th/ns 1/ 2
H.F. _____ A license issued to a person must be conspicuously displayed at 1 the persons principal place of business except during periods 2 when the license is surrendered for modifications. 3 This bill prohibits a person, beginning January 1, 2027, 4 from recycling battery electric motor vehicles or plug-in 5 hybrid electric motor vehicles unless the person is an 6 authorized vehicle recycler who has successfully completed 7 a vehicle high-voltage battery safe handling and storage 8 education program approved by the DOT and displays a program 9 completion certificate next to the recyclers license. The 10 DOT is required to approve such programs, which must award 11 a program completion certificate to an authorized vehicle 12 recycler who successfully completes the program. 13 Battery electric motor vehicle means a motor vehicle 14 equipped with electrical drivetrain components and not 15 equipped with an internal combustion engine, that is propelled 16 exclusively by one or more electrical motors using electrical 17 energy stored in a battery or other energy storage device that 18 can be recharged by plugging into an electrical outlet or 19 electric vehicle charging station. Plug-in hybrid electric 20 motor vehicle means a motor vehicle equipped with electrical 21 drivetrain components, an internal combustion engine, and a 22 battery or other energy storage device that can be recharged by 23 plugging into an electrical outlet or electric vehicle charging 24 station. 25 By operation of law, a person convicted of violating the bill 26 is guilty of a serious misdemeanor. A serious misdemeanor is 27 punishable by confinement for no more than one year and a fine 28 of at least $430 but not more than $2,560. 29 -2- LSB 2291YC (3) 91 th/ns 2/ 2