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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.178, subsection 3, Code Supplement 1 2 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 3. DRIVER'S LICENSE RECIPROCITY. 1 4 a. The department may issue a class C or M driver's 1 5 license to a person who is sixteen or seventeen years of age 1 6 and who is a current resident of the state, but who has been 1 7 driving as a resident of another state or country for at least 1 8 one year prior to residency within the state. 1 9 b. The following criteria must be met prior to issuance of 1 10 a driver's license pursuant to this subsection: 1 11 (1) The minor must reside with a parent or guardian. 1 12 (2) The minor must have driven under a valid driver's 1 13 license for at least one year in the prior state or country of 1 14 residence. Six months of theone yearone-year computation 1 15 may include driving with an instruction permit. 1 16 (3) The minor must have had no moving traffic violations 1 17 on the minor's driving record. 1 18 (4) The minor must pass the written and driving skills 1 19 tests as required by the department, but is not required to 1 20 have taken a driver's education class. 1 21 c. A person who has been driving as a resident of another 1 22 country for at least one year prior to residency within the 1 23 state may be issued a class C or class M driver's license 1 24 under this subsection only if the department determines the 1 25 driver's education and licensing requirements of the other 1 26 country are sufficiently similar to the driver's education and 1 27 licensing requirements of this state. 1 28 Sec. 2. Section 321.180B, subsection 2, unnumbered 1 29 paragraph 1, Code Supplement 1999, is amended to read as 1 30 follows: 1 31 The department may issue an intermediate driver's license 1 32 to a person sixteen or seventeen years of age who possesses an 1 33 instruction permit issued under subsection 1 or a comparable 1 34 instruction permit issued by another state or country for a 1 35 minimum of six months immediately preceding application, and 2 1 who presents an affidavit signed by a parent or guardian on a 2 2 form to be provided by the department that the permittee has 2 3 accumulated a total of twenty hours of street or highway 2 4 driving of which two hours were conducted after sunset and 2 5 before sunrise and the street or highway driving was with the 2 6 permittee's parent, guardian, instructor, a person certified 2 7 by the department, or a person at least twenty-five years of 2 8 age who had written permission from a parent or guardian to 2 9 accompany the permittee, and whose driving privileges have not 2 10 been suspended, revoked, or barred under this chapter,or2 11 chapter 321J, or a similar law of another state or country 2 12 during, and who has been accident and conviction free 2 13 continuously for, the six-month period immediately preceding 2 14 the application for an intermediate license. An applicant for 2 15 an intermediate license must meet the requirements of section 2 16 321.186, including satisfactory completion of driver education 2 17 as required in section 321.178, and payment of the required 2 18 license fee before an intermediate license will be issued. A 2 19 person issued an intermediate license must limit the number of 2 20 passengers in the motor vehicle when the intermediate licensee 2 21 is operating the motor vehicle to the number of passenger 2 22 safety belts. 2 23 Sec. 3. Section 321.180B, subsection 4, Code Supplement 2 24 1999, is amended to read as follows: 2 25 4. FULL DRIVER'S LICENSE. A full driver's license may be 2 26 issued to a person seventeen years of age who possesses an 2 27 intermediate license issued under subsection 2 or a comparable 2 28 intermediate license issued by another state or country for a 2 29 minimum of twelve months immediately preceding application, 2 30 and who presents an affidavit signed by a parent or guardian 2 31 on a form to be provided by the department that the 2 32 intermediate licensee has accumulated a total of ten hours of 2 33 street or highway driving of which two hours were conducted 2 34 after sunset and before sunrise and the street or highway 2 35 driving was with the licensee's parent, guardian, instructor, 3 1 a person certified by the department, or a person at least 3 2 twenty-five years of age who had written permission from a 3 3 parent or guardian to accompany the licensee, whose driving 3 4 privileges have not been suspended, revoked, or barred under 3 5 this chapter,orchapter 321J, or a similar law of another 3 6 state or country during, and who has been accident and 3 7 conviction free continuously for, the twelve-month period 3 8 immediately preceding the application for a full driver's 3 9 license, and who has paid the required fee. 3 10 EXPLANATION 3 11 This bill allows the state department of transportation to 3 12 issue a driver's license to a person who is 16 or 17 years of 3 13 age and who is a current resident of the state, who has been 3 14 driving as a resident of another country for at least one year 3 15 prior to residency within the state if the person resides with 3 16 a parent or guardian, the person drove under a valid driver's 3 17 license or instruction permit and driver's license for at 3 18 least one year in the prior country of residence, the person 3 19 had no moving traffic violations on the person's driving 3 20 record, and the person passed the written and driving skills 3 21 tests as required by the department. In order to issue such a 3 22 license, the department must determine that the driver's 3 23 education and licensing requirements of the other country are 3 24 sufficiently similar to the driver's education and licensing 3 25 requirements of this state. 3 26 The bill also allows the department to issue an 3 27 intermediate license or a full license to certain minors who 3 28 possess an instruction permit or intermediate license, 3 29 respectively, issued by another country, if the permit or 3 30 license is comparable to a permit or license issued in this 3 31 state. 3 32 LSB 5886YH 78 3 33 nh/cf/24
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