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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 321.179 COUNTY TREASURERS &endash;
1 2 ISSUANCE OF MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES.
1 3 Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or chapter
1 4 321L which grant sole authority to the department for the
1 5 issuance of motor vehicle licenses, nonoperator's
1 6 identification cards, and handicapped identification devices,
1 7 the counties of Adams, Cass, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, and
1 8 Page shall be authorized to issue motor vehicle licenses on a
1 9 permanent basis. The department shall certify the county
1 10 treasurers in the permanent counties to issue commercial
1 11 driver's licenses provided that all of the following occur:
1 12 1. The driving skills test is the same as that which would
1 13 otherwise be administered by the state.
1 14 2. The county examiner contractually agrees to comply with
1 15 the requirements of 49 C.F.R. } 85.75, adopted as of a
1 16 specific date by rule by the department.
1 17 Sec. 2. ISSUANCE OF MOTOR VEHICLE LICENSES BY COUNTY
1 18 TREASURERS &endash; PILOT PROJECT EXPANSION.
1 19 1. Twenty-four counties in addition to those counties
1 20 referenced in section 321.179, as created in this Act, shall
1 21 be included in the motor vehicle license issuance pilot
1 22 project originally established pursuant to 1993 Iowa Acts,
1 23 chapter 169, section 14. Of the 24 counties, the state
1 24 department of transportation shall choose four counties which
1 25 have a population of between 35,000 and 50,000 and the
1 26 remaining 20 counties shall have a population of less than
1 27 35,000. The department shall select the twenty-four new
1 28 counties from a pool of counties which have requested to
1 29 participate in the pilot project. The county treasurers'
1 30 offices in the designated counties shall issue motor vehicle
1 31 licenses, including commercial driver's licenses,
1 32 nonoperator's identification cards, and handicapped
1 33 identification devices.
1 34 2. The state department of transportation shall work in
1 35 conjunction with the county treasurer in each designated
2 1 county and with a representative of the Iowa state county
2 2 treasurers association to facilitate and implement the
2 3 transfer of licensing duties and responsibilities to the
2 4 designated counties in accordance with all of the following:
2 5 a. The department shall retain all administrative
2 6 authority over licensing functions which shall include
2 7 administrative procedures relating to cancellation,
2 8 revocation, or suspension of licenses, administrative hearings
2 9 and appeals, and training.
2 10 b. The department shall provide the county treasurer's
2 11 office in each of the counties with all of the supplies,
2 12 materials, and equipment necessary to carry out the provisions
2 13 of this subsection.
2 14 c. If it is necessary for a county treasurer to hire
2 15 additional employees first priority in hiring shall be given
2 16 to current employees of the department who become unemployed
2 17 due to the changes necessitated by this section.
2 18 d. The county treasurers in the designated counties shall
2 19 be required to offer hours and days of service to the public
2 20 equal to or greater than the hours and days of service
2 21 provided by the state department of transportation in the
2 22 designated county immediately prior to the start of the
2 23 county's provision of the service.
2 24 e. The department shall certify the county treasurers in
2 25 each designated county to issue commercial driver's licenses
2 26 provided that all of the following occur:
2 27 (1) The driving skills test is the same as that which
2 28 would otherwise be administered by the state.
2 29 (2) The county examiner contractually agrees to comply
2 30 with the requirements of 49 C.F.R. } 85.75, adopted as of a
2 31 specific date by rule by the department.
2 32 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapters 321 and 321L
2 33 which grant sole authority to the department for the issuance
2 34 of motor vehicle licenses, nonoperator's identification cards,
2 35 and handicapped identification devices, the county treasurer
3 1 in each of the counties chosen for the pilot project shall be
3 2 granted the same authority as is given to the department in
3 3 relation to the issuance of motor vehicle licenses,
3 4 nonoperator's identification cards, and handicapped
3 5 identification devices under chapters 321 and 321L.
3 6 Sec. 3. The state department of transportation shall
3 7 provide moneys to the thirty counties designated as either
3 8 permanent or pilot project counties in this Act for the costs
3 9 of implementing and complying with the provisions of this Act.
3 10 The moneys shall be allocated from road use tax fund moneys
3 11 appropriated to the motor vehicle division of the state
3 12 department of transportation.
3 13 SF 291
3 14 js/cc/26
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