House File 571 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 571 BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 34) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the use of special minors’ driver’s licenses 1 to travel to extracurricular activities not held at a 2 school. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1382HV (2) 86 ns/nh
H.F. 571 Section 1. Section 321.194, subsection 1, paragraph 1 a, subparagraph (1), Code 2015, is amended by striking the 2 subparagraph and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 3 (1) During the hours of 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. over the 4 most direct and accessible route between any of the following: 5 (a) The licensee’s residence and schools of enrollment. 6 (b) The licensee’s residence and the closest school bus stop 7 or stop for a public transportation service. 8 (c) The licensee’s schools of enrollment, for the purpose 9 of attending duly scheduled courses of instruction and 10 extracurricular activities within the school district. 11 (d) The licensee’s residence or schools of enrollment and 12 any other location within the licensee’s school district, for 13 the purpose of participating in an extracurricular activity 14 recognized by an organization registered with the department of 15 education for the purposes of extracurricular interscholastic 16 competition. If the extracurricular activity is conducted 17 under a sharing agreement between the licensee’s school of 18 enrollment and a school in a contiguous school district, the 19 licensee may also travel to any location within the contiguous 20 school district for the purpose of participating in the 21 extracurricular activity. 22 Sec. 2. Section 321.194, subsection 1, paragraph a, 23 subparagraph (2), Code 2015, is amended by striking the 24 subparagraph. 25 Sec. 3. Section 321.194, subsection 1, paragraph a, 26 subparagraphs (3) and (4), Code 2015, are amended to read as 27 follows: 28 (3) (2) To a service station for the purpose of refueling, 29 so long as the service station is the station closest to the 30 route the licensee is traveling on under subparagraph (1) or 31 (2) . 32 (4) (3) At any time when the licensee is accompanied in 33 accordance with section 321.180B, subsection 1 . 34 EXPLANATION 35 -1- LSB 1382HV (2) 86 ns/nh 1/ 2
H.F. 571 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 This bill relates to the use of special minors’ driver’s 3 licenses to travel to extracurricular activities not held at a 4 school. 5 Current law provides that during the hours of 5:00 a.m. to 6 10:00 p.m., a licensee may travel from the licensee’s residence 7 or school of enrollment to another school for the purpose of 8 participating in extracurricular activities conducted under a 9 sharing agreement with the licensee’s school of enrollment. 10 The bill reorganizes the structure of the Code provision 11 to enhance readability. In addition, the bill expands the 12 provision to allow a licensee to travel to any location within 13 the licensee’s school district at which an extracurricular 14 activity is being held for the purpose of participating in 15 the activity. If the extracurricular activity is conducted 16 under a sharing agreement between the licensee’s school of 17 enrollment and a school in a contiguous school district, the 18 licensee may also travel to any location within the contiguous 19 school district for the purpose of participating in the 20 extracurricular activity. 21 The bill also expands the provision to include all 22 extracurricular activities recognized by organizations 23 registered with the department of education for the purposes 24 of extracurricular interscholastic competition. Those 25 organizations currently include the Iowa high school athletic 26 association, the Iowa girls’ high school athletic union, the 27 Iowa high school music association, the Iowa high school speech 28 association, and the unified Iowa high school activities 29 federation. 30 -2- LSB 1382HV (2) 86 ns/nh 2/ 2