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Senate File 381 - ReprintedA Bill ForAn Act 1regarding special minor’s driver’s licenses, and making
2penalties applicable.
3BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 321.194, subsection 2, paragraph a,
2subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (b), Code 2023, is
3amended to read as follows:
4(b) Over the most direct and accessible route between
5the licensee’s residence or school of enrollment and a site,
6facility, or school that is not the licensee’s school of
7enrollment, for the purpose of participating in extracurricular
8activities conducted under a sharing agreement with the
9licensee’s school of enrollment or conducted at a site,
10facility, or school designated by the licensee’s school
11district for the accommodation of the school’s extracurricular
12activities, provided the site, facility, or school is within
13the licensee’s school district of enrollment or is within a
14school district contiguous to the licensee’s school district of
15enrollment driving distance between the point of origin and the
16destination is no more than fifty miles.
17 Sec. 2. Section 321.194, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
182023, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
19 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (04) If the licensee is otherwise
20employed, the licensee may operate a motor vehicle during the
21hours of 5:00 a.m.to 10:00 p.m.over the most direct and
22accessible route between the licensee’s residence or school of
23enrollment and the licensee’s place of employment, provided the
24driving distance between the licensee’s place of employment
25and the nearest point on the route on which the licensee is
26authorized to travel under subparagraph (1), subparagraph
27division (a), or subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (a),
28is no more than fifty miles.
29 Sec. 3. Section 321.194, subsection 2, paragraph a,
30subparagraph (4), Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
31(4) To a service station for the purpose of refueling, so
32long as the service station is the station closest to the route
33on which the licensee is traveling under subparagraph (1), (2),
34or (3) this paragraph.
35 Sec. 4. Section 321.194, subsection 3, paragraphs b and c,
-1-1Code 2023, are amended to read as follows:
2b. Upon receipt of a statement of necessity, the department
3shall issue the driver’s license provided the applicant is
4otherwise eligible for issuance of the license. The fact that
5the applicant resides at a distance less than one mile from the
6applicant’s school of enrollment is prima facie evidence of
7the nonexistence of necessity for the issuance of a license.
8However, the distance between the applicant’s residence and
9school of enrollment shall not be considered if the applicant
10resides on a farm or is employed for compensation on a farm.
11c. The school shall develop and adopt a policy establishing
12the criteria that the school shall use to approve or deny
13certification that a need exists for a license. The adopted
14policy must require the school to approve certification that
15a need exists for a license for a student who participates in
16an extracurricular activity, resides on a farm, is employed
17for compensation on a farm in this state, or is otherwise
18employed. If the school is a public school, the policy
19shall be developed and adopted by the school board. If the
20school is an accredited nonpublic school, the policy shall be
21developed and adopted according to procedures determined by the
22authorities in charge of the accredited nonpublic school.
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2penalties applicable.
3BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 321.194, subsection 2, paragraph a,
2subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (b), Code 2023, is
3amended to read as follows:
4(b) Over the most direct and accessible route between
5the licensee’s residence or school of enrollment and a site,
6facility, or school that is not the licensee’s school of
7enrollment, for the purpose of participating in extracurricular
8activities conducted under a sharing agreement with the
9licensee’s school of enrollment or conducted at a site,
10facility, or school designated by the licensee’s school
11district for the accommodation of the school’s extracurricular
12activities, provided the site, facility, or school is within
13the licensee’s school district of enrollment or is within a
14school district contiguous to the licensee’s school district of
15enrollment driving distance between the point of origin and the
16destination is no more than fifty miles.
17 Sec. 2. Section 321.194, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
182023, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
19 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (04) If the licensee is otherwise
20employed, the licensee may operate a motor vehicle during the
21hours of 5:00 a.m.to 10:00 p.m.over the most direct and
22accessible route between the licensee’s residence or school of
23enrollment and the licensee’s place of employment, provided the
24driving distance between the licensee’s place of employment
25and the nearest point on the route on which the licensee is
26authorized to travel under subparagraph (1), subparagraph
27division (a), or subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (a),
28is no more than fifty miles.
29 Sec. 3. Section 321.194, subsection 2, paragraph a,
30subparagraph (4), Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
31(4) To a service station for the purpose of refueling, so
32long as the service station is the station closest to the route
33on which the licensee is traveling under subparagraph (1), (2),
34or (3) this paragraph.
35 Sec. 4. Section 321.194, subsection 3, paragraphs b and c,
-1-1Code 2023, are amended to read as follows:
2b. Upon receipt of a statement of necessity, the department
3shall issue the driver’s license provided the applicant is
4otherwise eligible for issuance of the license. The fact that
5the applicant resides at a distance less than one mile from the
6applicant’s school of enrollment is prima facie evidence of
7the nonexistence of necessity for the issuance of a license.
8However, the distance between the applicant’s residence and
9school of enrollment shall not be considered if the applicant
10resides on a farm or is employed for compensation on a farm.
11c. The school shall develop and adopt a policy establishing
12the criteria that the school shall use to approve or deny
13certification that a need exists for a license. The adopted
14policy must require the school to approve certification that
15a need exists for a license for a student who participates in
16an extracurricular activity, resides on a farm, is employed
17for compensation on a farm in this state, or is otherwise
18employed. If the school is a public school, the policy
19shall be developed and adopted by the school board. If the
20school is an accredited nonpublic school, the policy shall be
21developed and adopted according to procedures determined by the
22authorities in charge of the accredited nonpublic school.
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