Iowa Code 326.2 – Definitions
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As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Commercial vehicle” means any vehicle which is operated in interstate commerce or combined intrastate and interstate commerce and used for the transportation of persons for hire, compensation or profit, or designed or used primarily for the transportation of property.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 326.2
- Department: means the department of transportation. See Iowa Code 326.2
- Director: means the director of transportation or the director's designee. See Iowa Code 326.2
- Internet: means the federated international system that is composed of allied electronic communication networks linked by telecommunication channels, that uses standardized protocols, and that facilitates electronic communication services, including but not limited to use of the world wide web; the transmission of electronic mail or messages; the transfer of files and data or other electronic information; and the transmission of voice, image, and video. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Motor vehicle: means a self-propelled vehicle purchased or leased in this state, except as provided in section 322G. See Iowa Code 322G.2
- plan: means the registration reciprocity agreement among states of the United States, the District of Columbia, and provinces of Canada providing for payment of apportionable fees on the basis of total distance operated in all jurisdictions, in effect on January 1, 2011, or as later amended, published by international registration plan, inc. See Iowa Code 326.2
- property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Reciprocity: means the reciprocal grant by one jurisdiction of operating rights or privileges in properly registered vehicles registered by another jurisdiction, especially but not exclusively including privileges generally conferred by vehicle registration. See Iowa Code 326.3
- Registration fee: means the annual motor vehicle registration fee imposed pursuant to section 321. See Iowa Code 326.2
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Total distance: means all distance, including that accrued on trip permits, operated by a fleet of apportioned vehicles in all member jurisdictions during the reporting period. See Iowa Code 326.3
- United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Vehicle: means any vehicle as defined in chapter 321. See Iowa Code 321H.2
2. “Department” means the department of transportation.
3. “Director” means the director of transportation or the director’s designee.
4. “International registration plan” or “plan” means the registration reciprocity agreement among states of the United States, the District of Columbia, and provinces of Canada providing for payment of apportionable fees on the basis of total distance operated in all jurisdictions, in effect on January 1, 2011, or as later amended, published by international registration plan, inc., and available on the plan’s internet site.
5. “Registration fee” means the annual motor vehicle registration fee imposed pursuant to section 321.105, unless otherwise specified.
6. “Trip” for purposes of section 326.23 means:
a. A one-way movement from one point originating outside this state and destined for another point outside this state.
b. A round-trip movement between two points within this state.
c. A round-trip movement originating in this state or destined for a point within this state.
7. The terms “combination” or “combination of vehicles”, “gross weight”, “highway”, “motor vehicle”, “nonresident”, “owner”, “person”, “semitrailer”, “trailer”, “truck tractor”, and “vehicle” mean as defined in section 321.1.