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1 1 Amend Senate File 481 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 14, by inserting after line 5 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 321.179 COUNTY
1 5 TREASURERS &endash; ISSUANCE OF MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES.
1 6 Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or
1 7 chapter 321L which grant sole authority to the
1 8 department for the issuance of motor vehicle licenses,
1 9 nonoperator's identification cards, and handicapped
1 10 identification devices, the counties of Adams, Cass,
1 11 Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, and Page shall be
1 12 authorized to issue motor vehicle licenses on a
1 13 permanent basis. The department shall certify the
1 14 county treasurers in the permanent counties to issue
1 15 commercial driver's licenses provided that all of the
1 16 following occur:
1 17 1. The driving skills test is the same as that
1 18 which would otherwise be administered by the state.
1 19 2. The county examiner contractually agrees to
1 20 comply with the requirements of 49 C.F.R. } 383.75,
1 21 adopted as of a specific date by rule by the
1 22 department."
1 23 3. The department provides supervision over the
1 24 issuance of commercial driver's licenses."
1 25 #2. Page 14, by inserting after line 32 the
1 26 following:
1 27 "Sec. . ISSUANCE OF MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES BY
1 28 COUNTY TREASURERS &endash; PILOT PROJECT EXPANSION.
1 29 1. Twelve counties in addition to those counties
1 30 referenced in section 321.179, as created in this Act,
1 31 shall be included in the motor vehicle license
1 32 issuance pilot project originally established pursuant
1 33 to 1993 Iowa Acts, chapter 169, section 14. The
1 34 department shall select the twelve new counties from a
1 35 pool of counties which have requested to participate
1 36 in the pilot project. The county treasurers' offices
1 37 in the designated counties shall issue motor vehicle
1 38 licenses, including commercial driver's licenses,
1 39 nonoperator's identification cards, and handicapped
1 40 identification devices.
1 41 2. The state department of transportation shall
1 42 work in conjunction with the county treasurer in each
1 43 designated county and with a representative of the
1 44 Iowa state county treasurers association to facilitate
1 45 and implement the transfer of licensing duties and
1 46 responsibilities to the designated counties in
1 47 accordance with all of the following:
1 48 a. The department shall retain all administrative
1 49 authority over licensing functions which shall include
1 50 supervision over issuance of commercial driver's
2 1 licenses and administrative procedures relating to
2 2 cancellation, revocation, or suspension of licenses,
2 3 administrative hearings and appeals, and training.
2 4 b. The department shall provide the county
2 5 treasurer's office in each of the counties with all of
2 6 the supplies, materials, and equipment necessary to
2 7 carry out the provisions of this subsection.
2 8 c. If it is necessary for a county treasurer to
2 9 hire additional employees first priority in hiring
2 10 shall be given to current employees of the department
2 11 who become unemployed due to the changes necessitated
2 12 by this section.
2 13 d. The county treasurers in the designated
2 14 counties shall be required to offer hours and days of
2 15 service to the public equal to or greater than the
2 16 hours and days of service provided by the state
2 17 department of transportation in the designated county
2 18 immediately prior to the start of the county's
2 19 provision of the service.
2 20 e. The department shall certify the county
2 21 treasurers in each designated county to issue
2 22 commercial driver's licenses provided that all of the
2 23 following occur:
2 24 (1) The driving skills test is the same as that
2 25 which would otherwise be administered by the state.
2 26 (2) The county examiner contractually agrees to
2 27 comply with the requirements of 49 C.F.R. } 383.75,
2 28 adopted as of a specific date by rule by the
2 29 department.
2 30 (3) The department provides supervision over
2 31 issuance of commercial driver's licenses.
2 32 Sec. . The state department of transportation
2 33 shall provide moneys to the eighteen counties
2 34 designated as either permanent or pilot project
2 35 counties in this Act for the costs of implementing and
2 36 complying with the provisions of this Act. The moneys
2 37 shall be allocated from road use tax fund moneys
2 38 appropriated to the motor vehicle division of the
2 39 state department of transportation."
2 40
2 41
2 42
2 43 EUGENE FRAISE
2 44 JOHN P. KIBBIE
2 45 DERRYL McLAREN
2 46 WAYNE BENNETT
2 47 SF 481.701 76
2 48 js/sc
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