Senate File 163 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY QUIRMBACH, BEALL, DANIELSON, DEARDEN, HANCOCK, HECKROTH, McCOY, RIELLY, and WARNSTADT (COMPANION TO HF 254 BY HEDDENS) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to advance notification of the need to renew a 2 driver's license. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1443SS 82 5 dea/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.196, subsection 1, Code 2007, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. a. Except as otherwise provided, a driver's license, 1 4 other than an instruction permit, chauffeur's instruction 1 5 permit, or commercial driver's instruction permit issued under 1 6 section 321.180, expires five years from the licensee's 1 7 birthday anniversary occurring in the year of issuance if the 1 8 licensee is between the ages of seventeen years eleven months 1 9 and seventy years on the date of issuance of the license. If 1 10 the licensee is under the age of seventeen years eleven months 1 11 or age seventy or over, the license is effective for a period 1 12 of two years from the licensee's birthday anniversary 1 13 occurring in the year of issuance. A licensee whose license 1 14 is restricted due to vision or other physical deficiencies may 1 15 be required to renew the license every two years. If a 1 16 licensee is a foreign national who is temporarily present in 1 17 this state, the license shall be issued only for the length of 1 18 time the foreign national is authorized to be present as 1 19 determined by the department, not to exceed two years. 1 20 b. On or about the first day of each month, the department 1 21 shall notify each licensee whose driver's license is due to 1 22 expire in the following month of the need to renew the license 1 23 and the period for renewal. The notice shall be mailed to the 1 24 most recent address of record provided by the licensee 1 25 pursuant to section 321.182, or the notice may be sent 1 26 electronically by prior arrangement with the licensee. 1 27 Failure to receive a renewal notice shall not affect the 1 28 expiration of a license or the requirements for renewal of an 1 29 expired license. 1 30 EXPLANATION 1 31 This bill requires the state department of transportation 1 32 to send a notice on or about the first day of each month to 1 33 each person whose driver's license will expire in the 1 34 following month. The notice shall be sent to the most recent 1 35 address of record for the licensee, or may be sent 2 1 electronically by prior arrangement with the licensee. The 2 2 expiration of a license or the requirements for renewal are 2 3 not affected by the failure of a licensee to receive the 2 4 notice. 2 5 LSB 1443SS 82 2 6 dea:nh/je/5