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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.1, subsection 8, Code 1995, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
  1  3    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  If authorized to transport
  1  4 students or clients by the superintendent of the Iowa braille
  1  5 and sight saving school or of the Iowa school for the deaf, or
  1  6 the superintendent's respective designee, an employee of the
  1  7 Iowa braille and sight saving school or the Iowa school for
  1  8 the deaf is not a chauffeur when transporting the students or
  1  9 clients.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 321.1, subsection 11, Code 1995, is
  1 11 amended by adding the following new paragraph and relettering
  1 12 the remaining paragraphs:
  1 13    NEW PARAGRAPH.  d.  "Commercial motor carrier" means a
  1 14 person responsible for the safe operation of a commercial
  1 15 motor vehicle.
  1 16    Sec. 3.  Section 321.12, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1995,
  1 17 is amended to read as follows:
  1 18    The director shall destroy any operating records pertaining
  1 19 to arrests or convictions for operating while intoxicated, in
  1 20 violation of section 321J.2, which are more than twelve years
  1 21 old.  The twelve-year period shall commence with the date of
  1 22 the arrest or conviction for the offense, whichever first
  1 23 occurs.  However, the director shall not destroy operating
  1 24 records which pertain to arrests or convictions for operating
  1 25 while intoxicated after the expiration of twelve years when
  1 26 the motor vehicle being operated was a commercial motor
  1 27 vehicle or if all of the provisions of the court order have
  1 28 not been satisfied.
  1 29    Sec. 4.  Section 321.30, Code 1995, is amended by adding
  1 30 the following new subsection:
  1 31    NEW SUBSECTION.  12.  If a commercial motor vehicle has
  1 32 been assigned to be operated by a commercial motor carrier
  1 33 whose ability to operate has been terminated or denied by a
  1 34 federal agency.
  1 35    Sec. 5.  Section 321.101, Code 1995, is amended by adding
  2  1 the following new subsection:
  2  2    NEW SUBSECTION.  8A.  If a commercial motor vehicle has
  2  3 been assigned to be operated by a commercial motor carrier
  2  4 whose ability to operate has been terminated or denied by a
  2  5 federal agency.
  2  6    Sec. 6.  Section 321.208, Code 1995, is amended by adding
  2  7 the following new subsection:
  2  8    NEW SUBSECTION.  5A.  A person is disqualified from
  2  9 operating a commercial motor vehicle:
  2 10    a.  For ninety days upon conviction for the first violation
  2 11 of an out-of-service order; for one year, upon conviction for
  2 12 a second violation of an out-of-service order in separate
  2 13 incidents within a ten-year period; and for not less than
  2 14 three and not more than five years upon conviction for a third
  2 15 or subsequent violation of an out-of-service order in separate
  2 16 incidents within a ten-year period.
  2 17    b.  For one year upon conviction for the first violation
  2 18 and for not less than three years and not more than five years
  2 19 upon conviction for a second or subsequent violation of an
  2 20 out-of-service order while transporting hazardous materials
  2 21 required to be placarded, or while operating a commercial
  2 22 motor vehicle designed to transport more than fifteen
  2 23 passengers including the driver.
  2 24    Sec. 7.  Section 321.208A, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  2 25 follows:
  2 26    321.208A  TWENTY-FOUR HOUR OUT-OF-SERVICE ORDER.
  2 27    A person required to hold a commercial driver's license to
  2 28 operate a commercial motor vehicle shall not operate a
  2 29 commercial motor vehicle on the highways of this state in
  2 30 violation of an out-of-service order issued by a peace officer
  2 31 for a violation of the out-of-service rules adopted by the
  2 32 department.  An employer shall not allow an employee to drive
  2 33 a commercial motor vehicle in violation of such out-of-service
  2 34 order.  The department shall adopt out-of-service rules which
  2 35 shall be consistent with 49 C.F.R. } 392.5 adopted as of a
  3  1 specific date by the department.  A person who violates this
  3  2 section shall be subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars.
  3  3    Sec. 8.  Section 321.213, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  3  4 follows:
  3  5    321.213  LICENSE SUSPENSIONS OR REVOCATIONS DUE TO
  3  6 VIOLATIONS BY JUVENILE DRIVERS.
  3  7    Upon the entering of an order at the conclusion of an
  3  8 adjudicatory hearing under section 232.47 that the child
  3  9 violated a provision of this chapter or chapter 124, 126,
  3 10 321A, 321J, or 453B for which the penalty is greater than a
  3 11 simple misdemeanor, the clerk of the juvenile court in the
  3 12 adjudicatory hearing shall forward a copy of the adjudication
  3 13 to the department.  Notwithstanding section 232.55, a final
  3 14 adjudication in a juvenile court that the child violated a
  3 15 provision of this chapter or section 124.401, 124.402,
  3 16 124.403, chapter 124, a drug offense under section 126.3, or
  3 17 chapter 321A, 321J, or 453B constitutes a final conviction of
  3 18 a violation of a provision of this chapter or section 124.401,
  3 19 124.402, 124.403, a drug offense under section 126.3, or
  3 20 chapter 321A, 321J, or 453B for purposes of section 321.189,
  3 21 subsection 8, paragraph "b", and sections 321.193, 321.194,
  3 22 321.200, 321.209, 321.210, 321.215, 321.555, 321A.17, 321J.2,
  3 23 321J.3, and 321J.4.  However, suspensions for violations of
  3 24 chapter 124, section 126.3, or chapter 453B shall be in
  3 25 accordance with section 321.213A.
  3 26    Sec. 9.  Section 321.213A, Code 1995, is amended to read as
  3 27 follows:
  3 28    321.213A  LICENSE SUSPENSION FOR JUVENILES ADJUDICATED
  3 29 DELINQUENT FOR CERTAIN DRUG OR ALCOHOL OFFENSES.
  3 30    Upon the entering of an order at the conclusion of a
  3 31 dispositional hearing under section 232.50, where the child
  3 32 has been adjudicated to have committed a delinquent act, which
  3 33 would be a first or subsequent violation of section 123.46,
  3 34 section 123.47 involving the purchase or attempt to purchase
  3 35 alcoholic beverages, or chapter 124, section 126.3, chapter
  4  1 453B, or a second or subsequent violation of section 123.47
  4  2 regarding the possession of alcoholic beverages, the clerk of
  4  3 the juvenile court in the dispositional hearing shall forward
  4  4 a copy of the adjudication and dispositional order to the
  4  5 department.  The department shall suspend the license or
  4  6 operating privilege of the child for one year.  The child may
  4  7 receive a temporary restricted license as provided in section
  4  8 321.215.
  4  9    Sec. 10.  Section 321.215, subsections 1 and 2, Code 1995,
  4 10 are amended to read as follows:
  4 11    1.  The department, on application, may issue a temporary
  4 12 restricted license to a person whose motor vehicle license is
  4 13 suspended or revoked under this chapter, allowing the person
  4 14 to drive to and from the person's home and specified places at
  4 15 specified times which can be verified by the department and
  4 16 which are required by any of the following:
  4 17    a.  The person's full-time or part-time employment.
  4 18    b.  The person's continuing health care or the continuing
  4 19 health care of another who is dependent upon the person.
  4 20    c.  The person's continuing education while enrolled in an
  4 21 educational institution on a part-time or full-time basis and
  4 22 while pursuing a course of study leading to a diploma, degree,
  4 23 or other certification of successful educational completion.
  4 24    d.  The person's substance abuse treatment.
  4 25    e.  The person's court-ordered community service
  4 26 responsibilities.
  4 27    However, a temporary restricted license shall not be issued
  4 28 to a person whose license is revoked under section 321.205 for
  4 29 a drug or drug-related offense or under section 321.209,
  4 30 subsections 1 through 5 or subsection 7 or 8 or to a juvenile
  4 31 whose license has been suspended under section 321.213A for a
  4 32 violation of chapter 124 or 453B, or section 126.3.  A
  4 33 temporary restricted license may be issued to a person whose
  4 34 license is revoked under section 321.209, subsection 6, only
  4 35 if the person has no previous drag racing convictions.  A
  5  1 person holding a temporary restricted license issued by the
  5  2 department under this section shall not operate a motor
  5  3 vehicle for pleasure.
  5  4    2.  Upon conviction and the suspension or revocation of a
  5  5 person's motor vehicle license under section 321.205 for a
  5  6 drug or drug-related offense; 321.209, subsection 5, 6, or 8;
  5  7 321.210; 321.210A; 321.513; or 321.555, subsection 2; or a
  5  8 juvenile, whose license has been suspended under section
  5  9 321.213A for a violation of chapter 124 or 453B, or section
  5 10 126.3, and upon the denial by the director of an application
  5 11 for a temporary restricted license, a person may apply to the
  5 12 district court having jurisdiction for the residence of the
  5 13 person for a temporary restricted permit to operate a motor
  5 14 vehicle for the limited purpose or purposes specified in
  5 15 subsection 1.  The application may be granted only if all of
  5 16 the following criteria are satisfied:
  5 17    a.  The temporary restricted permit is requested only for a
  5 18 case of extreme hardship or compelling circumstances where
  5 19 alternative means of transportation do not exist.
  5 20    b.  The permit applicant has not made an application for a
  5 21 temporary restricted permit in any district court in the state
  5 22 which was denied.
  5 23    c.  The temporary restricted permit is restricted to the
  5 24 limited purpose or purposes specified in subsection 1 at times
  5 25 specified in the permit.
  5 26    d.  Proof of financial responsibility is established as
  5 27 defined in chapter 321A.  However, such proof is not required
  5 28 if the motor vehicle license was suspended under section
  5 29 321.210A or 321.513 or revoked under section 321.209,
  5 30 subsection 8, or suspended or revoked under section 321.205
  5 31 for a drug or drug-related offense.
  5 32    The district court shall forward a record of each
  5 33 application for such temporary restricted permit to the
  5 34 department, together with the results of the disposition of
  5 35 the request by the court.  A temporary restricted permit is
  6  1 valid only if the department is in receipt of records required
  6  2 by this section.
  6  3    Sec. 11.  Section 321A.17, subsection 5, Code 1995, is
  6  4 amended to read as follows:
  6  5    5.  An individual applying for a motor vehicle license
  6  6 following a period of suspension or revocation under section
  6  7 321.205 for a drug or drug-related offense, section 321.209,
  6  8 subsection 8, section 321.210, subsection 1, paragraph "d", or
  6  9 section 321.210A, 321.213A, 321.213B, 321.216B, or 321.513, or
  6 10 following a period of suspension under section 321.194, is not
  6 11 required to maintain proof of financial responsibility under
  6 12 this section.
  6 13    Sec. 12.  Section 321J.4, subsection 2, Code 1995, is
  6 14 amended to read as follows:
  6 15    2.  If the court defers judgment pursuant to section 907.3
  6 16 for a violation of section 321J.2, the court shall order the
  6 17 department to shall revoke the defendant's motor vehicle
  6 18 license or nonresident operating privilege for a period of not
  6 19 less than thirty days nor more than ninety days if the
  6 20 defendant's motor vehicle license or nonresident operating
  6 21 privilege has not been revoked under section 321J.9 or 321J.12
  6 22 or has not otherwise been revoked for the occurrence from
  6 23 which the arrest arose.  The court shall immediately require
  6 24 the defendant to surrender to it all Iowa licenses or permits
  6 25 held by the defendant, which the court shall forward to the
  6 26 department with a copy of the order deferring judgment.  
  6 27 SF 233
  6 28 js/cc/26
     

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