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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 321.209, Code 2001, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    321.209  MANDATORY REVOCATION.
  1  4    1.  The department, upon thirty days' notice and without
  1  5 preliminary hearing, shall revoke the license or operating
  1  6 privilege of an operator upon receiving a record of the
  1  7 operator's conviction for any of the following offenses, when
  1  8 such conviction has become final:
  1  9    1. a.  Manslaughter resulting from the operation of a motor
  1 10 vehicle.
  1 11    2. b.  A felony if during the commission of the felony a
  1 12 motor vehicle is used.
  1 13    3. c.  Failure to stop and render aid as required under the
  1 14 laws of this state in the event of a motor vehicle accident
  1 15 resulting in the death or personal injury of another.
  1 16    4. d.  Perjury or the making of a false affidavit or
  1 17 statement under oath to the department under this chapter or
  1 18 under any other law relating to the ownership or operation of
  1 19 motor vehicles.
  1 20    5. e.  Conviction, or forfeiture of bail not vacated, upon
  1 21 two charges of reckless driving.
  1 22    6. f.  Conviction of drag racing.
  1 23    7. g.  Eluding or attempting to elude a law enforcement
  1 24 vehicle as provided in section 321.279.
  1 25    2.  If a person whose driver's license has been revoked
  1 26 pursuant to this section is not convicted of the charge, upon
  1 27 record entry of disposition of the charge, the clerk of the
  1 28 district court shall forward a notice including the name and
  1 29 address of the party charged, the registration number of the
  1 30 vehicle involved, the nature of the offense charged by
  1 31 indictment or information, the date of the filing of the
  1 32 indictment or information, and the disposition of the charge
  1 33 to the department.  Upon receipt of the notice from the clerk,
  1 34 the department shall automatically rescind the revocation and
  1 35 reinstate the person's driver's license without payment of any
  2  1 charge or penalty.
  2  2    Sec. 2.  Section 321.210, Code 2001, is amended by adding
  2  3 the following new subsection:
  2  4    NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  If a person whose driver's license has
  2  5 been suspended pursuant to this section is not convicted of
  2  6 the charge, upon record entry of disposition of the charge,
  2  7 the clerk of the district court shall forward a notice
  2  8 including the name and address of the party charged, the
  2  9 registration number of the vehicle involved, the nature of the
  2 10 offense charged by indictment or information, the date of the
  2 11 filing of the indictment or information, and the disposition
  2 12 of the charge to the department.  Upon receipt of the notice
  2 13 from the clerk, the department shall automatically rescind the
  2 14 suspension and reinstate the person's driver's license without
  2 15 payment of any charge or penalty.
  2 16    Sec. 3.  Section 321.212, subsection 1, paragraphs b and c,
  2 17 Code 2001, are amended to read as follows:
  2 18    b.  The department shall not revoke a license under the
  2 19 provisions of section 321.209, subsection 5 1, paragraph "e"
  2 20 of section 321.209 for more than thirty days nor less than
  2 21 five days as recommended by the trial court.
  2 22    c.  The department shall revoke a license for six months
  2 23 for a first offense under the provisions of section 321.209,
  2 24 subsection 6 1, paragraph "f", where the violation charged did
  2 25 not result in a personal injury or damage to property.
  2 26    Sec. 4.  Section 321.215, subsection 1, unnumbered
  2 27 paragraph 2, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  2 28    However, a temporary restricted license shall not be issued
  2 29 to a person whose license is revoked pursuant to a court order
  2 30 issued under section 901.5, subsection 10, or under section
  2 31 321.209, subsections 1 through 5 or subsection 7 1, paragraphs
  2 32 "a" through "e" or paragraph "g", or to a juvenile whose
  2 33 license has been suspended or revoked pursuant to a
  2 34 dispositional order under section 232.52, subsection 2,
  2 35 paragraph "a", for a violation of chapter 124 or 453B, or
  3  1 section 126.3.  A temporary restricted license may be issued
  3  2 to a person whose license is revoked under section 321.209,
  3  3 subsection 6 1, paragraph "f", only if the person has no
  3  4 previous drag racing convictions.  A person holding a
  3  5 temporary restricted license issued by the department under
  3  6 this section shall not operate a motor vehicle for pleasure.
  3  7    Sec. 5.  Section 321.215, subsection 2, unnumbered
  3  8 paragraph 1, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  3  9    Upon conviction and the suspension or revocation of a
  3 10 person's noncommercial driver's license under section 321.209,
  3 11 subsection 5 or 6 1, paragraph "e" or "f"; section 321.210;
  3 12 321.210A; or 321.513; or upon revocation pursuant to a court
  3 13 order issued under section 901.5, subsection 10; or upon the
  3 14 denial of issuance of a noncommercial driver's license under
  3 15 section 321.560, based solely on offenses enumerated in
  3 16 section 321.555, subsection 1, paragraph "c", or section
  3 17 321.555, subsection 2; or a juvenile, whose license has been
  3 18 suspended or revoked pursuant to a dispositional order under
  3 19 section 232.52, subsection 2, paragraph "a", for a violation
  3 20 of chapter 124 or 453B, or section 126.3, a person may
  3 21 petition the district court having jurisdiction for the
  3 22 residence of the person for a temporary restricted permit to
  3 23 operate a motor vehicle for the limited purpose or purposes
  3 24 specified in subsection 1.  The petition shall include a
  3 25 current certified copy of the petitioner's official driving
  3 26 record issued by the department.  The application may be
  3 27 granted only if all of the following criteria are satisfied:
  3 28    Sec. 6.  Section 321.560, Code 2001, is amended by adding
  3 29 the following new subsection:
  3 30    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  If a person whose driver's license has
  3 31 been revoked as described in this section is not convicted of
  3 32 the charge, upon record entry of disposition of the charge,
  3 33 the clerk of the district court shall forward a notice
  3 34 including the name and address of the party charged, the
  3 35 registration number of the vehicle involved, the nature of the
  4  1 offense charged by indictment or information, the date of the
  4  2 filing of the indictment or information, and the disposition
  4  3 of the charge to the department.  Upon receipt of the notice
  4  4 from the clerk, the department shall automatically rescind the
  4  5 revocation and reinstate the person's driver's license without
  4  6 payment of any charge or penalty.
  4  7    Sec. 7.  Section 321J.13, subsection 6, paragraph b, Code
  4  8 2001, is amended by adding the following new subparagraphs:
  4  9    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (3)  That the defendant is not guilty on
  4 10 the charge of violation of section 321J.2 or 321J.2A resulting
  4 11 from the same circumstances that resulted in the
  4 12 administrative revocation.
  4 13    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (4)  That the case is otherwise subject
  4 14 to dismissal by the court.
  4 15    Sec. 8.  Section 321J.13, subsection 6, paragraph c, Code
  4 16 2001, is amended to read as follows:
  4 17    c.  Such a holding Holdings by the court in the criminal
  4 18 action is are binding on the department, and the.
  4 19    d.  The department shall rescind the revocation revocations
  4 20 in accordance with this section.
  4 21    Sec. 9.  Section 321J.13, Code 2001, is amended by adding
  4 22 the following new subsection:
  4 23    NEW SUBSECTION.  7.  If a person whose driver's license has
  4 24 been revoked pursuant to section 321J.9 or 321J.12 is not
  4 25 convicted of the charge, upon record entry of disposition of
  4 26 the charge, the clerk of the district court shall forward a
  4 27 notice including the name and address of the party charged,
  4 28 the registration number of the vehicle involved, the nature of
  4 29 the offense charged by indictment or information, the date of
  4 30 the filing of the indictment or information, and the
  4 31 disposition of the charge to the department.  Upon receipt of
  4 32 the notice from the clerk, the department shall automatically
  4 33 rescind the revocation and reinstate the person's driver's
  4 34 license without payment of any charge or penalty.  
  4 35                           EXPLANATION
  5  1    This bill amends Code section 321J.13, relating to recision
  5  2 of an administrative revocation of a driver's license for an
  5  3 operating while intoxicated (OWI) offense, and other
  5  4 provisions in Code chapters 321 and 321J relating to driver's
  5  5 license revocations and suspensions.
  5  6    Code section 321J.13 presently requires the state
  5  7 department of transportation to rescind the administration
  5  8 revocation when the court determines that the stop was
  5  9 unreasonable or the chemical test was invalid or inadmissible.
  5 10 The bill specifies that the department shall also rescind the
  5 11 revocation when the defendant is acquitted or the case is
  5 12 otherwise dismissed by the court.  The bill also specifies
  5 13 that holdings by the court in the criminal action are binding
  5 14 on the department, and that the department shall rescind
  5 15 revocations in accordance with Code section 321J.13.
  5 16    The bill also requires the department to rescind any
  5 17 revocation or suspension under Code chapter 321 or 321J if the
  5 18 person is not convicted of the underlying charge leading to
  5 19 the revocation or recision.  The bill requires the clerk of
  5 20 court, similar to requirements under Code section 321.210D
  5 21 when a person is acquitted of vehicular homicide charges, to
  5 22 notify the department of the disposition of the case and
  5 23 certain other information.  Upon receipt of such notice, the
  5 24 department must rescind the revocation or recision related to
  5 25 the charge.  
  5 26 LSB 2927HH 79
  5 27 nh/cf/24
     

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