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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 321.194, subsection 1, unnumbered 1 2 paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 Upon certification of a special need by the chief 1 4 administrator in charge of the nonpublic school or the public 1 5 school board, superintendent of the applicant's public school, 1 6 or principal, if authorized by the superintendent, the 1 7 department may issue a class C or M driver's license to a 1 8 person between the ages of fourteen and eighteen years whose 1 9 driving privileges have not been suspended, revoked, or barred 1 10 under this chapter or chapter 321J during, and who has not 1 11 been convicted of a moving traffic violation or involved in a 1 12 motor vehicle accident for, the six-month period immediately 1 13 preceding the application for the special minor's license and 1 14 who has successfully completed an approved driver education 1 15 course. However, the completion of a course is not required 1 16 if the applicant demonstrates to the satisfaction of the 1 17 department that completion of the course would impose a 1 18 hardship upon the applicant. The department shall adopt rules 1 19 defining the term "hardship" and establish procedures for the 1 20 demonstration and determination of when completion of the 1 21 course would impose a hardship upon an applicant. 1 22 Sec. 2. Section 321.194, subsection 1, paragraph b, 1 23 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as 1 24 follows: 1 25 Each application shall be accompanied by a statement from 1 26 the chief administrator in charge of the nonpublic school or 1 27 the public school board, superintendent, or principal, if 1 28 authorized by the superintendent, of the applicant's school. 1 29 The statement shall be upon a form provided by the department. 1 30 The chief administrator in charge of the nonpublic school or 1 31 the public school board, superintendent, or principal, if 1 32 authorized by the superintendent, shall certify that a need 1 33 exists for the license.and that theThe chief administrator 1 34 in charge of the nonpublic school, or the public school board, 1 35 public school superintendent, and a principal authorized by 2 1 the superintendent are not responsible for actions of the 2 2 applicant which pertain to the use of the driver's license. 2 3 The department of education shall adopt rules establishing 2 4 criteria for issuing a statement of necessity. Upon receipt 2 5 of a statement of necessity, the department shall issue the 2 6 driver's license. The fact that the applicant resides at a 2 7 distance less than one mile from the applicant's schools of 2 8 enrollment is prima facie evidence of the nonexistence of 2 9 necessity for the issuance of a license. The driver's license 2 10 shall not be issued for purposes of attending a public school 2 11 in a school district other than either of the following: 2 12 Sec. 3. Section 321.194, Code 1999, is amended by adding 2 13 the following new subsection: 2 14 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. For purposes of this section only, 2 15 "school" includes a public or nonpublic school accredited by 2 16 the department of education or the state board of regents and 2 17 a nonpublic school that is not accredited by the department of 2 18 education or the state board of regents. "Chief administrator 2 19 in charge of the nonpublic school" means a person who has 2 20 administrative authority over the school and possesses a 2 21 teaching and administrator's license issued by the board of 2 22 educational examiners. 2 23 EXPLANATION 2 24 This bill amends Code section 321.194, relating to driver's 2 25 licenses issued to minors for travel to and from school, by 2 26 providing that such licenses may be issued for travel to and 2 27 from a public or nonpublic school accredited by the department 2 28 of education or the state board of regents or a nonpublic 2 29 school that is not accredited by the department of education 2 30 or the state board of regents. 2 31 LSB 6202HV 78 2 32 nh/as/5
Text: HF02474 Text: HF02476 Text: HF02400 - HF02499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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