2020 Iowa Code
Title VIII - TRANSPORTATION
Chapter 321 - MOTOR VEHICLES AND LAW OF THE ROAD
Section 321.116 - Battery electric and plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle fees.

321.116 Battery electric and plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle fees.

1. For each battery electric motor vehicle subject to an annual registration fee under section 321.109, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, and operated on the public highways of this state, the owner shall pay an annual battery electric motor vehicle registration fee, which shall be in addition to the annual registration fee imposed for the vehicle under section 321.109, subsection 1, paragraph “a”. For purposes of this subsection, “battery electric motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle equipped with electrical drivetrain components and not equipped with an internal combustion engine, that is propelled exclusively by one or more electrical motors using electrical energy stored in a battery or other energy storage device that can be recharged by plugging into an electrical outlet or electric vehicle charging station. The amount of the fee shall be as follows:

a. For the period beginning January 1, 2020, and ending December 31, 2020, sixty-five dollars.

b. For the period beginning January 1, 2021, and ending December 31, 2021, ninety-seven dollars and fifty cents.

c. On or after January 1, 2022, one hundred thirty dollars.

2. For each plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle subject to an annual registration fee under section 321.109, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, and operated on the public highways of this state, the owner shall pay an annual plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle registration fee, which shall be in addition to the annual registration fee imposed for the vehicle under section 321.109, subsection 1, paragraph “a”. For purposes of this subsection, “plug-in hybrid electric motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle equipped with electrical drivetrain components, an internal combustion engine, and a battery or other energy storage device that can be recharged by plugging into an electrical outlet or electric vehicle charging station. The amount of the fee shall be as follows:

a. For the period beginning January 1, 2020, and ending December 31, 2020, thirty-two dollars and fifty cents.

b. For the period beginning January 1, 2021, and ending December 31, 2021, forty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents.

c. On or after January 1, 2022, sixty-five dollars.

2019 Acts, ch 151, §1, 3

Referred to in §321.117, 331.557

Section effective January 1, 2020; 2019 Acts, ch 151, §3

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