Senate File 231 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  BOLKCOM


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act to allow a person whose driver's license has been
  2    suspended or revoked to be issued a temporary restricted
  3    license while a civil penalty is owing.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2320SS 82
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.218A, Code 2007, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    321.218A  CIVIL PENALTY == DISPOSITION == REINSTATEMENT.
  1  4    When the department suspends, revokes, or bars a person's
  1  5 driver's license or nonresident operating privilege for a
  1  6 conviction under this chapter, the department shall assess the
  1  7 person a civil penalty of two hundred dollars.  However, for
  1  8 persons age nineteen or under, the civil penalty assessed
  1  9 shall be fifty dollars.  The civil penalty does not apply to a
  1 10 suspension issued for a violation of section 321.180B.  The
  1 11 money collected by the department under this section shall be
  1 12 transmitted to the treasurer of state who shall deposit the
  1 13 money in the juvenile detention home fund created in section
  1 14 232.142.  A temporary restricted license shall not be issued
  1 15 or a driver's license or nonresident operating privilege shall
  1 16 not be reinstated until the civil penalty has been paid.
  1 17    Sec. 2.  Section 321A.32A, Code 2007, is amended to read as
  1 18 follows:
  1 19    321A.32A  CIVIL PENALTY == DISPOSITION == REINSTATEMENT.
  1 20    When the department suspends, revokes, or bars a person's
  1 21 driver's license or nonresident operating privilege under this
  1 22 chapter, the department shall assess the person a civil
  1 23 penalty of two hundred dollars.  However, for persons age
  1 24 nineteen or under, the civil penalty assessed shall be fifty
  1 25 dollars.  The money collected by the department under this
  1 26 section shall be transmitted to the treasurer of state who
  1 27 shall deposit the money in the juvenile detention home fund
  1 28 created in section 232.142.  A temporary restricted license
  1 29 shall not be issued or a driver's license or nonresident
  1 30 operating privilege shall not be reinstated until the civil
  1 31 penalty has been paid.
  1 32                           EXPLANATION
  1 33    This bill allows a person whose driver's license has been
  1 34 suspended or revoked to apply for a temporary restricted
  1 35 license before paying the civil penalty required for
  2  1 reinstatement of a driver's license or nonresident operating
  2  2 privilege.  Reinstatement of full driving privileges would
  2  3 still be subject to payment of the civil penalty.
  2  4    Currently, when a driver's license or nonresident operating
  2  5 privilege is suspended, revoked, or barred, a $200 civil
  2  6 penalty is imposed, or for a person 19 years of age or
  2  7 younger, a $50 penalty is imposed.  A temporary restricted
  2  8 license may not be issued and a driver's license or
  2  9 nonresident operating privilege may not be reinstated until
  2 10 the civil penalty is paid.  Moneys collected from the
  2 11 penalties are credited to the juvenile detention home fund.
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