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
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  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.
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